ostar
See also: oštar
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
ostar
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
ostar m
- indefinite plural of ost
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *austr.
Adverb edit
ōstar
- in the east, eastward
- 9th century, Hildebrandslied, ll. 17–18:
- […] dat hiltibrant hætti min fater • ih heittu hadubrant •
forn her ostar gihueit floh her otachres nid- […] that Hildibrand was called my father — I am called Hadubrand. Long ago he headed east; he fled Odoaker’s wrath.
- 9th century, Hildebrandslied, ll. 17–18:
Descendants edit
- Middle High German: ōster
Swedish edit
Noun edit
ostar
- indefinite plural of ost