vestr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *westrą, whence also Old English west, Old High German west.

Adverb

vestr

  1. west, westwards

Descendants
  • Icelandic: vestur
  • Faroese: vestur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vest
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vest
  • Old Swedish: væster, væst
  • Old Danish: væster, væst

References
  • “vestr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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