NAUST

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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1 NAUST

n. [Dan. nöst; Orkn. noust; from an obsolete nó-r = a ship, with which cp. Lat. navis, Gr. ναυς]:—a ship-shed, boat-house, often used in pl., like Lat. navalia or Engl. docks; konungr hafði látið göra hús mikit, þat er hann ætlaði til nausts, þat var nírætt at lengd en sextigi álna breitt, Fms. vii. 247, x. 13, Ó. H. 62, 115, Fbr. 93 new Ed.; skip í nausti, Korm. 68; hann gengr út ór naustinu, id.; hann leyndisk í naustinu, ofan frá naustinu, Grett. 88, 97, 99, Fs. 147, Háv. 27 new Ed., Eb. 236, passim; hurða-naust, a shed of hurdles, Háv. 20 new Ed.: poët., nausta blakkr, ‘naust-steed,’ i. e. a ship, Hkr. i. (in a verse); böðvar-naust, war-shed, i. e. a shield, Nj. (in a verse); hríðar-n., tempest-shed, i. e. the sky, Harms. 23: local name, Nausta-lækr, Ísl. ii.

2 NAUST

COMPDS: naustdyrr, naustgörð, naustveggr.

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛅᚢᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Gr.: Greek.
i. e.: id est.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Háv.: Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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NAUST

NAUST

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