Vestan
Old Icelandic Dictionary - vestanMeaning of Old Icelandic word "vestan" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
vestan Old Icelandic word can mean:
- vestan
- adv.
- vestan
- 1) from the west (ríðu síðan hina sömu leið vestr, sem þeir hófðu v. riðit); v. um haf, ‘from west over the sea’, from the British Islands;
- vestan
- 2) on the western side of, with gen. (v. bœjar); fyrir v., west of, with acc. (fyrir v. vötnin).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᛏᛅᚾ
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- acc.
- accusative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
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