austr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

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

Derived terms

austrœnn

Descendants

Danish: øster, øst
Faroese: eystur
Icelandic: austur
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: øst, aust
- Nynorsk: aust
Swedish: öster

References

austr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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