naust
Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian naust, from Old Norse naust (“boathouse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɑʊ̯ˀsd̥]
Noun
naust n (singular definite naustet, plural indefinite naust)
- (obsolete) a boathouse
- 1877, Kristian Kålund, Bidrag til en historisk-topografisk Beskrivelse af Island:
- Da Torbjörn noget efter lander, skal en af dennes folk bære våbnene op til naustet, ...
- When somewhat later Torbjörn reaches shore, one of his people is to carry the weapons up to the boathouse, ...
- 1906, Vor tid:
- ... men udenfor Naustet laa en stor Nordlandsbaad med Masten oppe og endnu en Færing, ...
- ... but outside the boathouse, a large north-land boat with its mast up and another four-rower [a type of boat] lay, ...
Synonyms
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nøyst/, [nœy̯st]
- Rhymes: -øyst
Etymology 1
From Old Norse naust (“boathouse”).
Noun
naust n (genitive singular nausts, nominative plural naust)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | naust | naustið | naust | naustin |
| accusative | naust | naustið | naust | naustin |
| dative | nausti | naustinu | naustum | naustunum |
| genitive | nausts | naustsins | nausta | naustanna |
Etymology 2
Verb
naust
- second-person singular past indicative of njóta
Etymology 3
Verb
naust
- first-person singular past indicative of njótast
- second-person singular past indicative of njótast
- third-person singular past indicative of njótast
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- nøst (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Norse naust (“boathouse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [næʉst]
Noun
naust n (definite singular naustet, indefinite plural naust, definite plural nausta or naustene)
Synonyms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- nøst (dialectal)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse naust (“boathouse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nøʉst]
Noun
naust n (definite singular naustet, indefinite plural naust, definite plural nausta)
Synonyms
- båthus
- båtskur
- sjøbu
References
“naust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *naustą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɒ̃ũst]
Noun
naust n (genitive nausts, plural naust)
Declension
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | naust | naustit | naust | naustin |
| accusative | naust | naustit | naust | naustin |
| dative | nausti | naustinu | naustum | naustunum |
| genitive | nausts | naustsins | nausta | naustanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: naust
- Faroese: neyst
- Norwegian: naust; (dialectal) naustr, nøst
- → Scots: noust, nowst, newst, noost, noast
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “naust”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive