Agder
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Agder
- A county in southern Norway, formed on 1 January 2020 on the merger of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties.
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Etymology edit
From Old Norse Agðir f pl, from a singular form *Ǫgð, from Proto-Germanic *Agiðō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Cognate with Old English eg(e)de, Old High German egida, and Old Welsh ocet (> Welsh oged (“harrow”)).
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Proper noun edit
Agder f pl
- A region of Southern Norway
- A county of Southern Norway, until 2020 split into Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder
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The traditional preposition for Agder is på (“on”); though i (“in”) has become more common in modern time when referring to the county.
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References edit
- Jørn Sandnes, Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “Agðir”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN
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- nn:Places in Norway
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