Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Ása

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Åse

  1. a female given name from Old Norse
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Ása, short for names beginning with the element áss, óss "god". Cognate with Swedish Åsa.

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Åse

  1. a female given name
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References

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  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 075 females with the given name Åse living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Ása, short form of female compound names beginning with the element áss, ǫ́ss (god). Cognate with Icelandic and Faroese Ása, Swedish Åsa and Danish Åse.

Proper noun

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Åse f (definite Åsa)

  1. a female given name from Old Norse, variant of Åsa

References

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  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 075 females with the given name Åse living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.