austan

austan

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *austanē (“from the east”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”)

Adverb

austan (not comparable)

1. from the east
2. without motion, on the eastern side
3. (with genitive) to the east of

Coordinate terms

• (from compass point): norðan, sunnan, vestan

Derived terms

• austanferð f (“journey from the east”)
• austangola f (“light breeze from the east”)
• austankváma f (“arrival from the east”)
• austanmaðr m (“a man from the east”)
• austanveðr n (“easterly gale”)
• austanvindr m (“east wind”)

Related terms

• austr (“east”)
• austrœnn (“eastern”)
• eystri (“easterlier”)

References

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