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1 austan
adv.1) from the east;á austan, blowing from east;fyrir austan (as a prep. with acc.), east of;2) without motion, on the eastern side (þrjú hlið vóru austan á borginni);3) with gen., to the east of (austan árinnar; austan fjarðar).* * *adv. [A. S. eastan; Hel. ôstan], from the east, Eg. 183, Eb. 4: of the direction of the wind (cp. vestan, sunnan, norðan), used with a preceding prep. á, á vestan, austan …, blowing from west, east …, Bs. ii. 48.β. fyrir a. used as a prep. with acc. east of; fyrir a. mitt haf, Grág. ch. 85, p. 142 new Ed., Nj. 36, 81, Eg. 100, Landn. 228.γ. with gen. in phrases like austan lands, a. fjarðar, cp. norðan, sunnan, vestan, Hkr. iii. 201.COMPDS: austanferð, austanfjarðar, austangola, austankváma, austanmaðr, austansjór, austanveðr, austanverðr, austanvindr. -
2 land-sunnan
adv. blowing from the south-east.
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