austmann
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse austmaðr, from aust- (“east”) + maðr (“person, man”), equivalent to aust + maðr. Cognate with Faroese eystmaður (“Norwegian”) and Icelandic austmaður (“Norwegian”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /²œʊ̯stmanː/, /²œʊ̯sːmanː/
 
Noun
    
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, Sunnhordland, Nordhordland) 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
 
References
    
- “austmann” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
 
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