naust

Danish

Etymology

From Norwegian naust, from Old Norse naust (“boathouse”)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [nɑʊ̯ˀsd̥]

Noun

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 Faroese Islander [presumably another boat] lay, ...

Synonyms

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nøyst/, [nœy̯st]
  • Rhymes: -øyst

Etymology 1

From Old Norse naust (“boathouse”)

Noun

naust n (genitive singular nausts, nominative plural naust)

  1. a boathouse
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Verb

naust

  1. second-person singular past indicative of njóta

Etymology 3

Verb

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

Etymology

From Old Norse naust (“boathouse”)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [næʉst]

Noun

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

  1. a boathouse

Synonyms

References

“naust” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse naust (“boathouse”)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [nøʉst]

Noun

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

  1. a boathouse

Synonyms

References

“naust” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Latin navis (“ship”)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [nɒust]

Noun

naust n (genitive nausts, plural naust)

  1. a boathouse

Declension

References

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