"vestan" meaning in Old Norse

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Adverb

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *westanē (“from the west”), akin to vestr + -an. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*westanē||from the west}} Proto-Germanic *westanē (“from the west”), {{suffix|non|vestr|an|id2=ablative adverb}} vestr + -an Head templates: {{head|non|adverbs|head=}} vestan, {{non-adv|-}} vestan (not comparable)
  1. from the west Tags: not-comparable Coordinate_terms (from compass point): austan, norðan, sunnan
    Sense id: en-vestan-non-adv--076ygIZ Disambiguation of 'from compass point': 98 2
  2. on the western side of [with genitive] Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-vestan-non-adv-dh~wcUmw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vestanferð (english: journey from the west) [feminine], vestanmaðr (english: a man from the west) [masculine], vestanveðr (english: west wind) [neuter], vestanverðr (english: western, westerly) [adjective], vestanvindr (english: west wind) [masculine] Related terms: vestr [West], vestrœnn [Western], vestri (english: westerlier)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "journey from the west",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vestanferð"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a man from the west",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vestanmaðr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "west wind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vestanveðr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "western, westerly",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "vestanverðr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "west wind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vestanvindr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "vestan"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: vestan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: vestan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "vestan"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: vestan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: vestan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "væstan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: væstan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: væstan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "västan"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: västan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: västan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*westanē",
        "4": "",
        "5": "from the west"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *westanē (“from the west”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "vestr",
        "3": "an",
        "id2": "ablative adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "vestr + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *westanē (“from the west”), akin to vestr + -an.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "vestan",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "vestan (not comparable)",
      "name": "non-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "West"
      ],
      "word": "vestr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Western"
      ],
      "word": "vestrœnn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "westerlier",
      "word": "vestri"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "from compass point",
          "word": "austan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "from compass point",
          "word": "norðan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "from compass point",
          "word": "sunnan"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from the west"
      ],
      "id": "en-vestan-non-adv--076ygIZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "west",
          "west"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "on the western side of"
      ],
      "id": "en-vestan-non-adv-dh~wcUmw",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "gen"
          },
          "expansion": "[with genitive]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "genitive"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "on the western side of [with genitive]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vestan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Norse adverbs",
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms suffixed with -an (ablative adverb)",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "sense": "from compass point",
      "word": "austan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "from compass point",
      "word": "norðan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "from compass point",
      "word": "sunnan"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "journey from the west",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vestanferð"
    },
    {
      "english": "a man from the west",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vestanmaðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "west wind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vestanveðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "western, westerly",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "vestanverðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "west wind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vestanvindr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "vestan"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: vestan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: vestan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "vestan"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: vestan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: vestan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "væstan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: væstan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: væstan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "västan"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: västan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: västan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*westanē",
        "4": "",
        "5": "from the west"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *westanē (“from the west”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "vestr",
        "3": "an",
        "id2": "ablative adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "vestr + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *westanē (“from the west”), akin to vestr + -an.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "vestan",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "vestan (not comparable)",
      "name": "non-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "West"
      ],
      "word": "vestr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Western"
      ],
      "word": "vestrœnn"
    },
    {
      "english": "westerlier",
      "word": "vestri"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "from the west"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "west",
          "west"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "on the western side of"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "gen"
          },
          "expansion": "[with genitive]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "genitive"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "on the western side of [with genitive]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vestan"
}

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