kaupang
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kaupangr, from kaup + vangr. Cognate with Icelandic kaupangur, Swedish köping and Danish købing.
Noun edit
kaupang m (definite singular kaupangen, indefinite plural kaupangar, definite plural kaupangane)
- market town
- 1900, Snorri Sturluson, translated by Steinar Schjøtt, Kings’ sagas [King Sagas], page 417:
- Vetteren etter sat kong Olav i kaupangen, og dette var de trettande aare av kongedøme hans.
- The winter thereon, king Olaf sat in the market town [Nidaros], and this was the thirteenth year of his rule.