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naust

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian naust, from Old Norse naust (“boathouse”).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [nɑʊ̯ˀsd̥]

Noun

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naust n (singular definite naustet, plural indefinite naust)

  1. (obsolete) a boathouse
    • 1877, Kristian Kålund, Bidrag til en historisk-topografisk Beskrivelse af Island:
      Da Torbjörn noget efter lander, skal en af dennes folk bære våbnene op til naustet, ...
      When somewhat later Torbjörn reaches shore, one of his people is to carry the weapons up to the boathouse, ...
    • 1906, Vor tid:
      ... men udenfor Naustet laa en stor Nordlandsbaad med Masten oppe og endnu en Færing, ...
      ... but outside the boathouse, a large north-land boat with its mast up and another four-rower [a type of boat] lay, ...

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Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse naust (“boathouse”).

Noun

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naust n (genitive singular nausts, nominative plural naust)

  1. a boathouse
Declension
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    Declension of naust
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative naust naustið naust naustin
accusative naust naustið naust naustin
dative nausti naustinu naustum naustunum
genitive nausts naustsins nausta naustanna
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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naust

  1. second-person singular past indicative of njóta

Etymology 3

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Verb

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naust

  1. first-person singular past indicative of njótast
  2. second-person singular past indicative of njótast
  3. third-person singular past indicative of njótast

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse naust (“boathouse”).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [næʉst]

Noun

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naust n (definite singular naustet, indefinite plural naust, definite plural nausta or naustene)

  1. a boathouse

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse naust (“boathouse”).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [nøʉst]

Noun

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naust n (definite singular naustet, indefinite plural naust, definite plural nausta)

  1. a boathouse

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“naust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *naustą.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [nɒ̃ũst]

Noun

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naust n (genitive nausts, plural naust)

  1. a boathouse

Declension

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  Declension of naust (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative naust naustit naust naustin
accusative naust naustit naust naustin
dative nausti naustinu naustum naustunum
genitive nausts naustsins nausta naustanna

Descendants

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References

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