HAUST

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HAUST

n.; that this word was originally masc. (as vetr, sumarr) is seen from the other Teut. idioms, as also the Norse form haustar- (for haust-), which occurs in haustar-tími, Stj. 14, and haustar-dagr, D. N. (Fr.), = haust-tími, haust-dagr; [A. S. hærfest; Engl. harvest; O. H. G. herbist; Germ. herbst; Dan. höst = harvest; Swed. höst: haust is in Icel. only used in a metaph. sense]:—autumn (harvest season), for the extension of that season see Edda 103, Nj. 9, 168, Fb. ii. 185, passim.

2 HAUST

COMPDS: haustblót, haustboð, hauatbær, haustdagr, haustgríma, haustheimtur, hausthold, haustkveld, haustlag, haustlangr, haustleiðangr, Haustlöng, haustmánuðr, haustmyrkr, haustnott, haustskuld, haustsól, haustveðrátta, haustvíking, haustþing, haustöl.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛅᚢᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
Fr: French in etymologies.
Fr.: French in etymologies.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
masc.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
orig: original, originally.
S.: South, Southern.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
Teut.: Teutonic.

Works & Authors

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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HAUST

HAUST

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