austr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ (austr) — Runic form

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *austrą, whence also Old English ēast, Old High German ōst, ōstar.

Noun

austr n

east

Declension

Declension of *austr* (strong a-stem, singular only)
neuter	singular
neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	austr	austrit
accusative	austr	austrit
dative	austri	austrinu
genitive	austrs	austrsins

Coordinate terms

norðr, suðr, vestr

Related terms

aust- (“east-”)
austan (“from the east”)
austarla (“in the east”)
austrǿnn (“eastern”)
eystri (“more eastern”)

Descendants

Icelandic: austur
Faroese: eystur
Norwegian Nynorsk: aust, auster; (dialectal) aust’u, aust’e
- → Norwegian Bokmål: aust
Old Swedish: ø̄ster
- Swedish: öster
Old Danish: øst
- Danish: øster, øst
  - Norwegian Bokmål: øst
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: øst

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “austr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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