Ørsta
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ørsta
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Etymology
[edit]Definite form; from Old Norse Ǿrstr m, a fjord name. Possibly from Proto-Norse *Wōristaʀ, related to Old Norse ǿrr (“raging”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ørsta f (indefinite Ørst, definite dative (Sunnmøre) Ørstinne)
- A village and municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Usage notes
[edit]Compounds with Ørst(a) use the genitive Ørsta-, from older *Ǿrstar.
Derived terms
[edit]- Ørstaelva
- Ørstafjorden
- ørsting (“someone from Ørsta”)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Municipalities of Norway
- nb:Places in Møre og Romsdal
- nb:Places in Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Villages in Møre og Romsdal
- nn:Villages in Norway
- nn:Municipalities of Norway
- nn:Places in Møre og Romsdal
- nn:Places in Norway