austmann
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse austmaðr, from aust- (“east”) + maðr (“person, man”), equivalent to aust + maðr. Cognate with Faroese eystmaður (“Norwegian”) and Icelandic austmaður (“Norwegian”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
austmann m (definite singular austmannen, indefinite plural austmenn, definite plural austmennene)
- a person from an eastern region
- (Western Norway) someone from Eastern Norway
- Synonym: austlending
- (dialectal, Sunnhordlandsk, Nordhordlandsk) someone from Agder and east to the Swedish border
- (dialectal, Setesdal) someone from Telemark
- (Western Norway) someone from Eastern Norway
- a member of the language organisation Austmannalaget (that strives to make the Nynorsk written standard more eastern)
- (historical) a Norwegian (from an Icelander’s point of view; literally “east-man”)
- (biblical) a person from a land east of Israel
See also edit
References edit
- “austmann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.