AUSTR

I)

n.

1) the east (sól í austri; til austrs);

2) as adv., in the east (ek var a. ok ána varðak); towards the east (þú vart a. sendr).

II)

(-ra or -rar), m.

1) the act of baling out water; standa í austri, to be engaged in baling;

2) bilge-water (skipit fullt af austri).

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rs, m. [A. S. and Engl. east; Hel. ôstar; Germ, ost, osten], the east; sól í austri, Grág. ii. 224, Rb. 92, Landn. 276; ór austri, Sturl. ii. 25. 2. as adv. towards east, eastward, Nj. 151, Eg. 72, Grág. i. 96, 189.