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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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Tolkinga av nokre sørvestnorske skjergardsnamn

Inge Særheim

Source system: Publicera | Published 2025-02-03 | Pages 47-58

Abstract

The author discusses previous interpretations of a handful of coastal names from Jæren (south-western Norway): Gjøringane, Klakken, Raunen, Tjør, Alstein and Feisteinen. Some onomasticians have previously provided a somewhat unsatisfactory explanation for these names, apparently due to certain methodological challenges and weaknesses. The author discusses the inherited local pronunciation, grammatical form, older forms, etymology, topography and possible meaning and background of the names. Significant emphasis is placed on reliable information about the pronunciation of the names in the local dialect.

Keywords

place-names; coastal names; Jæren; south-west Norway; toponymic interpretation

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