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austmann
Pronunciation: /²œʊ̯stmanː/
“austmann” is a Norwegian Nynorsk word. Its 6 meanings in English:
noun
- someone from Eastern Norway
- someone from Agder and east to the Swedish border
- someone from Telemark
- a member of the language organisation Austmannalaget (that strives to make the Nynorsk written standard more eastern)
- a Norwegian (from an Icelander’s point of view; literally “east-man”)
- a person from a land east of Israel
Etymology
From Old Norse austmaðr, from aust- (“east”) + maðr (“person, man”), equivalent to aust + maðr. Cognate with Faroese eystmaður (“Norwegian”) and Icelandic austmaður (“Norwegian”).
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