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

• 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