Vestr

Old Norse Dictionary - vestr

Meaning of Old Norse word "vestr" in English.

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

vestr Old Norse word can mean:

vestr
n., gen. vestrs, [A. S., Engl., and Germ. west; Dan. vester]:—the west; sól í vestri, K. Þ. K., Landn. 276; til vestrs, SkS. 179; í vestri miðju, Rb. 92; í vestr, towards west.
vestr
II. as adv. to the westward; ríða vestr eða vestan, Ld. 126; vestr til Breiðafjarðar, Nj. 1: of western Icel., þykki þér eigi gott vestr þar, 11; vestr, in the west, BS. i. 4, 31.
vestr
2. westwards, towards the British Isles, a standing phrase (cp. the use of Hesperia in Lat.); sigla vestr um haf, to sail westwards over the sea, FmS. i. 22, Orkn. 144; sækja vestr til Eyja, west to the Orkneys (Shetland), Orkn. 136; vestr fór ek of ver, I journeyed westward over the sea, Höfuðl. 1; in which last passage it is even used of a voyage from Iceland to England; til ríkja þeirra er liggja vestr þar, Orkn. 144.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
S.
Saga.
adv.
adverb.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
v.
vide.
cp.
compare.
Lat.
Latin.

Works & Authors cited:

K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Höfuðl.
Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
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