Kvanngardsnes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Kvangardsnes, Kvangarsnes (alternative spelling)

Spellings from older sources

• Quangernes (1603, 1606)
• Quangarsnes (1616)
• Quangersne? (1617)
• Quangernes (1666)
• Qvangernes (1723)

Etymology

From Old Norse hvanngarðr or hvannagarðr (“angelica farm”) + nes (“headland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²kvanɡarsnɛːs/, (traditional) /kvanɡars¹næːs/

Proper noun

Kvanngardsnes n (definite Kvanngardsneset)

1. (definite form) A headland in Dalsfjord parish, Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
2. Alternative spelling of Kvangardsnes (a farm by the headland above)

References

• Oluf Rygh (1908) “Kvangarsnes”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 13, page 83