Austr-lönd
Old Norse Dictionary - austr-lönd
Meaning of Old Norse word "austr-lönd" (or austr-lǫnd)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- austr-lönd (austr-lǫnd)
- n. pl. the east, orient, the eastern part of Europe, in old writers often synonymous to Austr-hálfa, and opp. to Norðrlönd, Scandinavia; Suðrlönd, South Germany, etc.; Vestrlönd, the British Islands, Normandy, Bretagne, etc., Post. 656 C. 39, Fms. ii. 183, Post. 645. 102, Hkr. i. 134 in a poem of the 10th century used of Russia; cp. Brocm. 101.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, austr-lönd may be more accurately written as austr-lǫnd.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ-ᛚᚢᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Brocm.
- Brocman. (K. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)