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Namn och bygd 2024 – Tidskrift för nordisk namnforskning

Eva Nyman (ed.), Staffan Nyström (ed.), Inge Særheim (ed.)
Series Namn och bygd, 112

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  • Published 2025
  • Issn 0077-2704
  • Namn och bygd, 112
  • Type Paperback
  • 139 pages
  • Swedish

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Hunneberg - Ett diskussionsinlägg

Svante Strandberg

Source system: Publicera | Published 2025-02-03 | Pages 7-13

Abstract

Hunneberg is a large hill in the province of Västergötland (hundæbiærgh from around 1325; hwndaberg 1461). Elof Hellquist and Ivar Lundahl addressed the first element of the name Hunneberg. They reflect upon the interpretations *hund- ʻheightʼ and hund ʻdogʼ. Lundahl considers hund ʻdogʼ the most probable alternative. The present author discusses another potential starting point for the interpretation of Hunneberg: OGerm. *hunþ- ʻcatch; bootyʼ (Goth. hunþ, OE. hūð).

Keywords

place-names; mountain names; etymology; interpretation

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