Austri

See also: austri

Albanian

Proper noun

Austri f (definite Austria)

  1. Austria (a country in Central Europe)

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Austrô. Related to austr (east), thus meaning "One in the East".[1]

Proper noun

Austri m (genitive Austra)

  1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf
  2. a male given name

Declension

References

  1. Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4
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