Vestr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - vestr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "vestr" in English.

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

vestr Old Icelandic word can mean:

vestr
n.
vestr
1) the west (frá ~i ok til norðrs); sá ek fugl fljúga ór ~i, from the west;
vestr
2) adv. westwards, west, towards the west (hvert sinn er þá ríðr v. eða vestan); þykki þér eigi gott v. þar, there in the west; sigla v. um haf, to sail westwards over the sea, to the British Isles.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᛏᚱ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
adv.
adverb.

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