Træna

See also: träna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Træna med tre fjelltoppar.

Etymology

Definite form; from Old Norse Þriðn f, an n-derivation of *þrið f (“unit of three”), related to þriði (“third”) and þrír (“three”). The name likely refers to three mountain peaks on the largest island. Cognate with Icelandic Þriðn, Þriðna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹træːna/

Proper noun

Træna f

1. An archipelago and municipality of Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway

Derived terms

Compounds traditionally use the indefinite form Træn-.

• Trænabassenget
• Trænadjupet
• Trænfjorden
• Trænseiholmen
• Trænstaven
• trænværing (“someone from Træna”)

See also

• Husøya
• Sanna, Sanda

References

• Jørn Sandnes, Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “Þriðn(a)”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN