Vestan

Old Norse Dictionary - vestan

Meaning of Old Norse word "vestan" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

vestan Old Norse word can mean:

vestan: adv. from the west; vestr eða vestan, Ld. 126; vestan ór Fjörðum, Nj. 14, passim: the phrase, vestan um haf, ‘from west over the sea,’ i. e. from the Western Islands, a special phrase for the British Isles across the North Sea, Fms. i. 26: or simply vestan, at hann var vestan kominn, viz. from Britain, Eg. 74; even used of a voyage from thence to Iceland, Ráðólfr ok Jólfgeir bræðr kómu vestan um haf til Íslands, Landn. 298.

vestan: 2. of position without motion; fyrir vestan (with acc.), on the western side of; fyrir vestan vötnin, Nj. 196; fyrir vestan Heinabergs-sand Sóta nes, 158, Fms. i. 60, Landn. 194, passim; út um Álptafjörð fyrir vestan, in the west, Nj. 215.

vestan: COMPDS: vestanbæjar, vestanferð, vestanfjarðar, vestanlands, vestanmaðr, vestanveðr, vestanverðr, vestanvindr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᛏᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adv.: adverb.

i. e.: id est.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

viz.: namely.

acc.: accusative.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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