austr

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

  1. east

Declension

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

Coordinate 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
  • 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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