Austr
Old Norse Dictionary - austr
Meaning of Old Norse word "austr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word austr can mean:austr
- austr
- rs and rar, m. [ausa], the act of drawing water in buckets, pumping; v. dæluaustr and byttuaustr, Grett. ch. 19; standa í austri, to toil hard at the pump, Fas. ii. 520, Sturl. iii. 68; til austrar, Grett. 94 B. β. the water pumped or to be pumped, bilge water, Gr. αντλος, Sturl. iii. 67, 68; skipið fullt af austri, full of bilge water, Fb. ii. 204 (Fbr.), Finnb. 234; standa í a., v. above.
- austr
- COMPD: austrs-ker, austker (N. G. l. i. 59), a scoop, pump-bucket (cp. ausker), GÞl. 424.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)