Madla

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Madla

A borough in Stavanger, and former municipality and parish in Rogaland, Norway.

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From Old Norse Mallar pl, attested in genitive as Malla and dative as Mǫllum.^[1]^[2] Likely related to terms such as Old Norse malmr (“ore; sandy flats”), mold (“soil”) and mǫl (“a gravelly bank”), relating to the morainic ground of the place.^[1] All of these ultimately derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

Attested as eccl. de Mollom (1298), Mallar (1347), Malla (1355), Male (1563), Malle (1567), Mollda (1606), Malde (1610), Mallde (1616), Malde (1668), and finally Malde med Lien og Sandnes samt Kalvøen (1723).^[2] By 1915, it was spelled Malle.^[2]

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Madla

A borough in Stavanger, and former municipality and parish in Rogaland, Norway.

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Inge Særheim (2007) “Madla”, in Stadnamn i Rogaland [Place Names in Rogaland] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Fagbokforlaget, →ISBN, page 156
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Oluf Rygh (1915) “Madla”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 10, page 192

[Særheim-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Inge Særheim (2007) “Madla”, in Stadnamn i Rogaland [Place Names in Rogaland] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Fagbokforlaget, →ISBN, page 156

[Rygh-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Oluf Rygh (1915) “Madla”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 10, page 192

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