Fold

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Fold, from fold (“field, plain”), thus meaning “the broad, open fjord”. From Proto-Germanic *fuldō, *fulþō. Akin to English fold (“earth”)

Proper noun

Fold f (definite Folda or (pre-2012) Foldi)

1. (chiefly historical) A fjord in South East Norway, equivalent to the outer Oslo Fjord

Related terms

• Austfold, Østfold
• Follo
• Vestfold