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)

  1. (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)

  1. a boathouse
    Synonym: bátaskýli
Declension
Declension of naust (neuter)
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

  1. second-person singular past indicative of njóta

Etymology 3

Verb

naust

  1. first-person singular past indicative of njótast
  2. second-person singular past indicative of njótast
  3. third-person singular past indicative of njótast

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse naust (boathouse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [næʉst]

Noun

naust n (definite singular naustet, indefinite plural naust, definite plural nausta or naustene)

  1. a boathouse

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse naust (boathouse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nøʉst]

Noun

naust n (definite singular naustet, indefinite plural naust, definite plural nausta)

  1. a boathouse

Synonyms

References

“naust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *naustą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɒ̃ũst]

Noun

naust n (genitive nausts, plural naust)

  1. a boathouse

Declension

Declension of naust (strong a-stem)
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