aust
lýsingarorð aust-rœnn
adj. [Hel. ostroni; A. S. easterne; cp. norrænn, suðrænn], eastern, of the wind; a. gola, eastern breeze, Sturl. iii. 59; vindr, Orkn. (in a verse); viðr, timber from Norway or Scandinavia, Grág. i. 149, the Eistland tymmer of the old Scotch inventories (Jamieson, Suppl. s. v.); Austrænir menn, Norsemen in Iceland, Fms. ix. 276; as a nickname, Eb. 12, and Landn. The name denotes the inhabitants of the Scandinavian continent as opp. to the British Islands and Iceland.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- opp.
- opposed.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)