Vikestad

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Spellings from older sources (Bindal)

• Vikingstadom
• Vegestadenn
• Vegestadenn
• Wygeste (1559)
• Wigsta (1567, 1626)
• Wigstadt, Wiigestadt (1590)
• Viggestad (1643)
• Wigistad (1669)
• Wigestad (1723)

Spellings from older sources (Nærøysund)

• Vegested
• Wygste (1559)
• Wiigestadt (1590)
• Wigestad (1669)
• Vigestad (1723)

Etymology

From Old Norse Víkingsstaðir m pl, from the male given name Víkingr +‎ staðr (“place, stead”). For the Bindal farm, this is attested in the form Vikingstadom m pl (dative), and the farm in Nærøysund is most likely of the same origin. Doublet of Vikingstad, a farm in Torvastad on the island of Karmøy.

Pronunciation

• (Bindal, Nærøysund) IPA^(key): /²vi(ː)çista/
• (surname) IPA^(key): /²viːkəsta/
• Hyphenation: Ví‧ke‧stad

Proper noun

Vikestad m

1. A farm in Bindal, Nordland, Norway
2. A farm in Nærøysund, North Trøndelag, Norway
3. a surname used by people from the farms above.

Related terms

• Viking
• stad

References

• Oluf Rygh (1905) “Vikestad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 16, page 5
• Oluf Rygh (1903) “Vikestad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 15, page 262
• Olav Veka (2000) “Vikestad”, in Norsk etternamnleksikon (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN