Kvanngardsnes
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
edit- Kvangardsnes, Kvangarsnes (alternative spelling)
Spellings from older sources
- Quangernes (1603, 1606)
- Quangarsnes (1616)
- Quangersne? (1617)
- Quangernes (1666)
- Qvangernes (1723)
Etymology
editFrom Old Norse hvanngarðr or hvannagarðr (“angelica farm”) + nes (“headland”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKvanngardsnes n (definite Kvanngardsneset)
- (definite form) A headland in Dalsfjord parish, Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
- Alternative spelling of Kvangardsnes (a farm by the headland above)
References
edit- Oluf Rygh (1908) “Kvangarsnes”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 13, page 83