Sola

Appears as Sóla in Old Norse literature. This could indicate a nominative form Sóli m. May be related to the verb svelle (“to swell”), referring to the slight elevation in the landscape of the medieval church.

Sola (a municipality of Rogaland, Norway)


Strand

en-proper noun

Strand (countable and uncountable, plural Strands)

So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.


Tau

Tau (a village outside Stavanger, located in the municipality of Strand, Rogaland)


Tau

Uncertain, but etymologists have pointed to a couple of explanations. One proposes a derivation of Old Norse taufr (“sorcery, charms”), in reference to the practice of primitive magic in the area, reckoning Taufr to be a name of the creek running through. Another proposes a relationship with Old Norse taug (“string, rope”) and teygja (“to stretch out”), in reference to the nature of waterflow of said creek.
It was attested through the late medieval and early modern periods as a Taufer (1389), Taugir (1427), and af Thawgh (1463), Thow (1563), Touu (1567), Thouff (1602), Though (1606), Thoug (1610), Thov (1661), and Toug (1723). Another spelling, Tou, is still preserved in the name of a local brewery.

Fagbokforlaget
en:Tau, Norway
nn:Tau i Ryfylke


Bokn

A municipality of Rogaland, Norway, primarily consisting of the two islands Austre Bokn and Vestre Bokn


Finnøy

An island municipality of Rogaland, Norway. To be merged into Stavanger on 1 January 2020, along with Rennesøy.


Finnøy

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Finnøy f (definite Finnøya or (dialectal) Finnøynå)

Finnøya (definite)
Finnøynå (definite dialectal)

An island and former municipality of Rogaland, Norway


Forsand

A municipality of Rogaland, Norway. To be merged with Sandnes on 1 January 2020.

Forsand
no:Forsand
no:Forsand (tettsted)


Sandnes

A municipality of Rogaland, Norway, and the ninth-largest city in Norway.


Rennesøy

An island municipality of Rogaland, Norway. To be merged into Stavanger on 1 Jan 2020, along with Finnøy.


Rennesøy

An island municipality of Rogaland, Norway

Rennesøy
nn:Rennesøy
nn:Rennesøy kommune


Utsira

An island and municipality of Rogaland, Norway.


Sauda

A town with bystatus and municipality of Rogaland, Norway


Karmøy

A municipality and island in Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway.


Karmøy

From Old Norse Kǫrmt, derived from karmr (“bargeboard”) (whence modern Norwegian karm (“frame”). Last part øy (“island”).

Karmøy (a municipality and island in Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway)


Karmøy

Karmøy f (definite Karmøya or (dialectal) Karmøynå)

Karmøya (definite)
Karmøynå (definite dialectal)

First part from Old Norse Kǫrmt (genitive Karmtar), whence also Karmt; from karmr. Last part from øy.

A municipality and island in Rogaland, Norway


Haugesund

haug + -e- + sund, with the meaning "the strait by the farm 'Haugar'", first part is the plural of haug (“heap, pile”) from Old Norse haugr (“howe, cairn”), from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“height, hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“hill, elevation”). Last part from Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.

inh

A city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway

araber

a humorous term for someone from Haugesund


Stavanger

A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is also the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.


Stavanger

From Old Norse Stafangr, a compound of stafr + angr. Akin to Stavang. The meanings of the composite words are straightforward, but what exactly they refer to is unclear.
* angr (“bay, fjord”), in reference to a body of water. This could be Breiavatnet, Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, Vågen , or Østervåg. Norwegian etymologist Inge Særheim sees Vågen, the inlet atop the mouth of which stands the Stavanger Cathedral, as the most likely candidate.
* stafr (“staff”), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz, relating to the straight and unbending shape of a landform. This could refer to the out-jutting headland on the east lip of Vågen, a steep drop down into (the shore of) a body of water, or simply the unbending shape of the body of water in question. Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, and Vågen all have straightish shapes.

stavangersk

the dialect spoken in Stavanger, or something related to Stavanger

Stavanger (a city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway)


Stavanger

[stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ɡər]

[stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ŋəɾ]

[sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋɔɰ]

[sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋəɰ]

A city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway.


Lund

en-proper noun

Lund (countable and uncountable, plural Lunds)

Dithmarschen
en:Lund
en:Lund (surname)
en:Lund, East Riding of Yorkshire

* As an English, German, and North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lundr (“grove”).
* Also as a German surname, from Lunden in Dithmarschen, itself possibly borrowed from Danish lund (“little forest”) or lunn (“survey”).

A municipality of Rogaland county, Norway.


Lund

Lund (a municipality of Rogaland county, Norway)


Hetland

From Old Norse *Hesliland, from hesli (“hazel forest”) + land (“land”).

A former municipality of Jæren district, Rogaland, Norway


Vågen

Definite singular of våg (“bay, inlet”).

An inlet forming the innermost part of Gandsfjorden fjord in Rogaland, Norway.


Skudeneshavn

Skudenes + havn, first part from the former municipality Skudenes, from skute (“vessel, craft, ship”), Old Norse skúta + from nes (“headland”), from Old Norse nes (“headland”). Last part from Old Norse hǫfn (“port, harbor, haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habanō, *habnō (“harbour, haven”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂póneh₂ or *kh₂pnéh₂, from the root *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, grasp”).

Skudeneshavn (a town and former municipality of Karmøy, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway)


Ryfylke

From Old Norse Rygjafylki, from rygir (“people from Rogaland; Rugii”) + fylki. Doublet of Rygjafylke.


Tasta

A borough of Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway


Tasta

Uncertain. Is seen attested through late medieval and early modern periods as a Tostum (1343), a œfrom Tostom (1379), Thaste (1563), Taste (1567), Thasta (1610), Taste, and Thastadt (1616). By 1915, the normal spelling was Tastad, although the suffixed stad (“place”) does not seem to be etymologically correct. The oldest spellings, as also the pronunciation, suggest an Old Norse *Tastar. Etymologist Inge Særheim ponders a relation to tasa (“to ravel”) and tase m (“rag, tear”), referring to its southern lake Stokkavatnet, which would have been a fjord at the time, tearing into the landscape.


Mallar

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Mallar pl (genitive Malla, dative Mǫllum)

The nominative form was (trivially) reconstructed by Oluf Rygh, who suggests it likely is related to terms such as malmr (“ore; sandy, gravelly flats”), mold (“soil”) and mǫl (“a gravelly bank”), in reference to the morainic terrain and soil. All of these terms derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

a farm north of Hafrsfjord, modern day Rogaland, Norway


Madla

A borough in Stavanger, and former municipality and parish in Rogaland, Norway.


Madla

From Old Norse Mallar pl, attested in genitive as Malla and dative as Mǫllum. Likely related to terms such as Old Norse malmr (“ore; sandy flats”), mold (“soil”) and mǫl (“a gravelly bank”), relating to the morainic ground of the place. All of these ultimately derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).
Attested as eccl. de Mollom (1298), Mallar (1347), Malla (1355), Male (1563), Malle (1567), Mollda (1606), Malde (1610), Mallde (1616), Malde (1668), and finally Malde med Lien og Sandnes samt Kalvøen (1723). By 1915, it was spelled Malle.


Lye

From Old Norse Lýgi n, possibly from Proto-Germanic *liugiją, related to *leugō.

A farm and village in Time, Jæren district, Rogaland, Norway


Njærheim

[²njæː.ʁɛ̝ɪ̯ˑ]

From Old Norse *Njarð(h)eimr, from Njǫrðr (“Njorth”) + heimr (“home, -ham”).

compound

A farm and church site in the village Nærbø, Jæren district, Rogaland, Norway


Jæren

Definite form; from Old Norse Jaðarr (modern day Låg-Jæren), from jaðarr (“rim, edge”), whence also jadar, jar. Cognate with Icelandic Jaðar, Swedish Jädern and Danish Jæderen.


Hafrsfjord

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Hafrsfjǫrðr, from hafr (“male goat”) + fjǫrðr (“fjord”). Compare the inherited Haffjord. Cognate with Faroese Havursfjørður and Icelandic Hafursfjörður.

lbor

Haversfjord

alternative names for the historical place


Hafursfjörður

is-proper noun

Hafursfjörður m (proper noun, genitive singular Hafursfjarðar)

Hafursfjarðar (genitive singular)
Hafursfjörður (indefinite nominative singular)
Hafursfjörð (accusative indefinite singular)
Hafursfirði (dative indefinite singular)
Hafursfjarðar (genitive indefinite singular)

From Old Norse Hafrsfjǫrðr, from hafr (“male goat”) + fjǫrðr (“fjord”). Cognate with Faroese Havursfjørður and Norwegian Nynorsk Haffjord, Hafrsfjord.

Hafrsfjord (a fjord in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway)


Straumøy

(definite form):
An island in Bømlo, Rogaland, Norway


Bjørnøy

An island in Stavanger, Jæren district, Rogaland, Norway


Karmt

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Karmt f (definite Kartå or (from dative) Karten)

First part from Old Norse Kǫrmt (genitive Karmtar), from karmr.

(chiefly archaic) an island in Rogaland, Norway. Official name: Karmøy


Jæderen

From Old Norse Jaðarr, compare Norwegian Jadaren, Jæren. Cognate with Swedish Jäderen and Icelandic Jaðar.


Jäderen

From Old Norse Jaðarr, compare Norwegian Jadaren, Jæren. Cognate with Danish Jæderen and Icelandic Jaðar.

Dock aͤr Vaͤrman uti Landskaperne Jaͤderen, Dalerne och Lister, som utgoͤra sydligaste delen af Norge ofta ganska stark.

1814, Daniel Djurberg, “danska Riket”, in Beskrifning över Konungariket Norge, Färöarne samt Ön Island, Stockholm, page 224:

However, the heat out in the districts Jæren, Dalane and Lister, which constitute the southernmost part of Norway, is often quite strong.


Berglyd

According to P. A. Munch, from Old Norse Berurjóðr. He states it because of the name of a near-located lake Faksetjørna, similar to Orvar-Odd's horse's name Faxi (probably from fax). The place has also many burial places from Viking age.
On the other hand, the name of Berglyd is not etymologically identical to Berurjóðr (at least in its modern form as compound of berg + lyd), while locations starting with Fakse- and Fokse- are common in Norway and have various origin.
In the same time, a place called Bergljoturda is located in Northern Trøndelag near the home town of Orvar Odd in Vikna. This place has several burial cairns. But neither this place is etymologically identical to Berurjóðr, but is probably derived from urd and the female name Bergljot.


Jåsund

From Old Norse *Mjá(va)sund, from the adjective mjár, mjór (“narrow”) + sund (“sound”). Doublet of Jøssund.

A farm in Sola, Jæren district, Rogaland


Djupevik

Djupevik f (definite Djupevika or (Sogndal) Djupeviki)

Djupevika (definite)
Djupeviki (definite)

From djup (“deep”) + vik (“bay”). Doublet of Djupavik, Djupvik, and Gjøvik.


Helleland

[Alt: Wooden church with white horizontal panels and slate roof]
From Old Norse *Helliland, from hellir (“cave”) + land (“land”). Doublet of Helland.

A church site in Eigersund, Rogaland, Norway


Ombo

From Old Norse Umbum, dative of *Umbar pl, possibly derived from umb.

An island in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway


Fogn

From Old Norse Fogn, possibly related to fjúka and fok.


Hundvåg

From Old Norse Hundvaka (oblique form Hundvǫku). Doublet of Hundvåko.

An island and borough of Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway