Namn och bygd 2022

Namn och bygd 2022 – Tidskrift för nordisk namnforskning

Eva Nyman (ed.), Staffan Nyström (ed.), Inge Særheim (ed.)
Serie Namn och bygd, 110

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  • Publicerad 2023
  • Issn 0077-2704
  • Namn och bygd, 110
  • Typ Häftad
  • 216 sidor
  • Svenska

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Det jämtländska bynamnet Helgebacken ur namntypologisk synvinkel: English: The Jämtland village name Helgebacken from a name typology perspective - English: The Jämtland village name Helgebacken from a name typology perspective

Abstract

This article discusses the village name Helgebacken in the parish of Oviken, Jämtland, recorded since the beginning of the 16th century. The author notes that there was once a farm next to Helgebacken called Ungesvensbacken and Halvarsbacken. This farm lay deserted during the 16th century. Sources show that during the 15th century, these names were preceded by the simplex name Backen. The author interprets the compound names as originally being farm names of a type that was common in Jämtland during the Late Middle Ages, comprising a personal name and the name of the mother village. Helgebacken can therefore be interpreted as ‘Helge’s farm in Backen’.

Nyckelord

place-name interpretation; Scandinavia; Jämtland; Medieval farm names

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