"Vestmannaeyjar" meaning in Old Norse

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Proper name

Etymology: From Vestmaðr (“Briton, Irishman, Gael”) + ey (“island”). Etymology templates: {{af|non|Vestmaðr|ey|t1=Briton, Irishman, Gael|t2=island}} Vestmaðr (“Briton, Irishman, Gael”) + ey (“island”) Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=f-p|g2=|head=|tr=}} Vestmannaeyjar f pl, {{non-proper noun|f-p}} Vestmannaeyjar f pl
  1. the Westman Islands, an archipelago off the south coast of Iceland Tags: feminine, plural Categories (place): Islands

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Vestmannaeyjar meaning in Old Norse (1.9kB)

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