Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Austr-mál

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 definitions

1 austr-mál

n. (navig.), the pumping-watch, the crew being told off two and two, to hand the buckets up, one of them standing in the bilge water down below and the other on deck, vide the Fbr. 131, Grett. ch. 19; en hverr Þeirra manna er síðar kemr en a. komi til hans, þá er hann sekr níu ertogum, N. G. L. i. 335 [ausmaal, bilge water, Ivar Aasen].

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Runic Inscription

austr-mál

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "austr-mál" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
ch.: chapter.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
n.: neuter.
navig.: navigation.

Works & Authors

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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