Ulvestad

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Ulvestad i Volda

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Pronunciation edit

(Volda) IPA^(key): /²ʊlvəstaː/, /²ʉlvəstaː/
(Valdres) IPA^(key): [²uɽ.ʋə.stɐ̞ː]
Hyphenation: Ùl‧ve‧stad

Etymology 1 edit

Uncertain first part; Possibly from the Old Norse male name Ulfr, or from ulfr (“wolf”). Another possibility is a river name *Ulfa, which has later disappeared. The last part is from staðr (“stead, place”).

Alternative forms edit

Spellings from older sources

Wlffuestadum (1427)
Vlstad (1520)
Wllestad (1603)
Wllestadt (1606)
Vlffuestad (1617)
Welfestad (1626)
Wlffuestad (1647)
Ulfuestad (1664, 1667)

Proper noun edit

Ulvestad m

A farm in Volda, Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
a surname, used by people from the village

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Spellings from older sources

Vlffuestad (1616)
Vluestad
Vlffuestad (1667)
Ulfvestad (1723)

Proper noun edit

Ulvestad m

A farm in Valdres district, Oppland, Norway.

References edit

Oluf Rygh (1908) “Ulvestad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 13, page 84
Oluf Rygh (1900-1902) “Ulvestad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 4, page 293
Olav Veka (2000) “Ulvestad”, in Norsk etternamnleksikon (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN