Vestmaðr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - vestmaðr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "Vestmaðr" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

Vestmaðr
m. a man from the West, one from the British Isles, esp. from Ireland, opp. to ‘Austmaðr’.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᛏᛘᛅᚦᚱ

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
m.
masculine.

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