Jäderen
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse Jaðarr, compare Norwegian Jadaren, Jæren. Cognate with Danish Jæderen and Icelandic Jaðar.
Proper noun
editJäderen c (genitive Jäderens)
- Jæren (a district of Rogaland, Norway)
- 1814, Daniel Djurberg, “danska Riket”, in Beskrifning över Konungariket Norge, Färöarne samt Ön Island, Stockholm, page 224:
- Dock aͤr Vaͤrman uti Landskaperne Jaͤderen, Dalerne och Lister, som utgoͤra sydligaste delen af Norge ofta ganska stark.
- However, the heat out in the districts Jæren, Dalane and Lister, which constitute the southernmost part of Norway, is often quite strong.