Haust
Old Norse Dictionary - haust
Meaning of Old Norse word "haust"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word haust can mean:haust
- 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.
- haust
- COMPDS: haustblót, haustboð, hauatbær, haustdagr, haustgríma, haustheimtur, hausthold, haustkveld, haustlag, haustlangr, haustleiðangr, Haustlöng, haustmánuðr, haustmyrkr, haustnott, haustskuld, haustsól, haustveðrátta, haustvíking, haustþing, haustöl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚢᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- masc.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
Works & Authors cited:
- 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.)