Lier

A municipality of Buskerud county, Norway.


Lier

Lier (a municipality of Buskerud county, Norway)


Lier

From Old Norse Líðir, plural of (h)líð f (“slope”).


Lier

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian Lier.


Hurum

A municipality of Buskerud, Norway, which is to be merged with Asker and Røyken on 1 January 2020.


Kongsberg

A town with city status and municipality of Buskerud, Norway


Kongsberg

A town with bystatus and municipality of Buskerud, Norway

Kongsberg
nn:Kongsberg
nn:Kongsberg kommune


Nedre Eiker

A municipality of Buskerud, Norway. To be merged with Drammen on 1 January 2020, along with Svelvik.


Krødsherad

From Old Norse Krǿðisherað, from the lake name *Krǿðir (> Krøderen) and herað.

A municipality of Ringerike district, Buskerud, Norway


Ringerike

From Old Norse Hringrririki, from hringr m pl + riki.


Røyken

From Old Norse Raukvin, from hraukr, raukr (“pile, stack; mountain”) + vin (“meadow; pasture”). The first part is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“pile (of stones); heap”).

der

A municipality of Buskerud, Norway. To be merged into Asker municipality together with Hurum on 1 January 2020.


Drammen

From Norwegian Drammen, from Old Norse Drafn, from drǫfn (“wave”).

A municipality and city in Buskerud, Norway


Drammen

→ English: Drammen

Newer form of Dramen and Dramn (see that).

«Det er betre med ein dram i timen enn ein time i Drammen».

2015 March 25, Knut Stavseng, “Sjøholt – ut av bakevja”, in Bygdebladet, page 26:

“It’s better with a dram per hour than an hour in Drammen”.

Drammen (a city and municipality of Buskerud, Norway)


Buskerud

Originally only a farm name; from Old Norse Biskupsruð, from biskup (“bishop”) and ruð (“clearing”).


Tyrifjorden

Definite form; first part from Old Norse Tyr(v)i, from tyri, tyrvi, whence also tyre (dialectal tyri). Second part from fjord (“fjord”).

A lake in Ringerike district, Buskerud, Norway


Nordby

From Old Norse Norðbýr, from norðr + býr.

A farm in Skoger parish, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Lier, Buskerud, Norway


Mosjøen

A lake in Ringerike and Jevnaker, Buskerud, Norway


Hønefoss

A town in Ringerike municipality, Buskerud, Norway.


Hønefoss

A town with bystatus in Ringerike municipality, Buskerud, Norway.


Dramn

From the Old Norse Drǫfn f (genitive Drafnar), originally a river name, from drǫfn (“wave”). From this is also the old fjord name Drafn m. Cognate with Icelandic Dröfn f.

Dramn ligg langs etter Dramselvi paa baade sidor.

1895, Hans Reusch, translated by Marius Hægstad, Ei liti landkunna elder geografi – paa landsmaal etter sette utgaava, page 18:

Drammen lies next to the Drammen river on both sides.

Oslo-formene tevlar òg ut andre byformer som det kjem til å støyta på, t.d. i Dramn og Moss.

1999, Håvard Tangen, “Quo vadis, sudaustlandske mål?”, in Målføri og nynorsken, page 39:

The Oslo forms also outcompete other city forms which they encounter, e.g. in Drammen and Moss.

A city and municipality of Buskerud, Norway. Official name: Drammen


Dröfn

Dröfn (indefinite nominative singular)
Dröfn (accusative indefinite singular)
Dröfn (dative indefinite singular)
Drafnar (genitive indefinite singular)

From Old Norse Drǫfn f. Cognate with Norwegian Dramn, Drammen.


Krøderen

A long lake and village in Krødsherad municipality, Buskerud, Norway; the village is at the south end of the lake.


Krøderen

Definite form; from Old Norse *Krǿðir, possibly from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚱᛟᚹᛁᛞᛁᛃᚨᛉ (*krowidijaʀ /*Krōwidijaʀ/).


Strømsø

Danicised form; from the farm name Strøm.

A city district and parish of Drammen, Buskerud, Norway


Bragernes

Danicised form; from Old Norse Brakanes, from the farm name Brakar pl, from braki (“juniper”).


Nore

From Old Norse Nórar f pl, from *nór (“narrow sound”), referring to the narrow sound in the Nore Fjord.

A village in Nore og Uvdal, Buskerud, Norway


Mjøndal

From Old Norse *Mylnudalr, from mylna (“mill”) + dalr (“valley”), with a breaking of the -y-, yielding -jø-.

(definite form) a village in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway, formerly in Nedre Eiker


Onsaker

From Old Norse Óðinsakr, from Óðinn + akr. Doublet of Onsåker.

A farm name found various places in Eastern Norway:


Hajeren

Definite form; from Old Norse *Hagir, from older *Hagi, from Proto-Germanic *hagô (“enclosure”). The name would thus mean “the one that encloses; the border lake”, possibly referring to the position near the border to Vestfold county.

mention-gloss

A lake in Kongsberg, Numedal district, Buskerud, Norway


Lierelva

Definite form; from Lier f pl + elv (“river”). Replaced the older name *Sviðrir m (ja-stem), surviving in the valley and farm name Sørsdal (< Syðrisdalr, *Sviðrisdalr), and the farm name Svere.


Svere

From Old Norse *Sviðrir, originally the name of the Lier River (now Lierelva). Related to Old English swaþrian (“to become still”).


Sørsdal

Originally a valley name; from Old Norse Syðrisdalir m pl, a variant of Sviðrisdalir, from *Sviðrir + dalr (“valley”).


Eikeren

Definite form; from Old Norse *Eikir, an ia-derivation of eik f (“oak”).

A lake in Buskerud and Vestfold, South East Norway


Ustaoset

A village in Hol municipality, Buskerud, Norway.


Sokna

A village in Ringerike municipality, Buskerud, Norway.


Gulsvik

A village in Flå municipality, Buskerud, Norway.