Austr
Old Norse Dictionary - austr
Meaning of Old Norse word "austr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- austr
- rs, m. [A. S. and Engl. east; Hel. ôstar; Germ, ost, osten], the east; sól í austri, Grág. ii. 224, Rb. 92, Landn. 276; ór austri, Sturl. ii. 25. 2. as adv. towards east, eastward, Nj. 151, Eg. 72, Grág. i. 96, 189.
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:
- adv.
- adverb.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)