austan
Old Norse
Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *austanē (“from the east”), akin to austr + -an. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”)
Adverb
austan (not comparable)
Coordinate terms
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
References
- “austan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press