ostar

See also: oštar

Icelandic

Noun

ostar

1. indefinite nominative plural of ostur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ostar m

1. indefinite plural of ost

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *austr.

Adverb

ōstar

2. in the east, eastward
   • 9th century, Hildebrandslied, ll. 17–18:

     […] dat hiltibrant hætti min fater • ih heittu hadubrant •
     forn her ostar gihueit floh her otachres nid

     […] that Hildibrand was called my father — I am called Hadubrand. Long ago he headed east; he fled Odoaker’s wrath.

Descendants

• Middle High German: ōster

Swedish

Noun

ostar

1. indefinite plural of ost

Anagrams

• astro-, roats, rosta, stora, trosa