Odhænsøryth

Old Swedish

Etymology

Compound of Odhæn (“Odin”) +‎ sø (“lake”) +‎ ryth (“clearing”). It is believed that Odhænsø (“Odin Lake”) was an alternative name for lake Bolmen. First attested in 1413.[1]

Proper noun

Odhænsøryth

  1. a locality and former parish in the former Sunnerbo hundred in the historical country of Finnveden, now in Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden; modern Odensjö

References

  1. ^ Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 243, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
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