Spydeberg
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spʏdbær/
- Rhymes: -ær
Proper noun
Spydeberg
- a municipality of Østfold, Norway
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- Speberg
Etymology
Danicised form of Old Norse Spjótaberg, from spjót (“spear”) + berg (“cliff, rock”).
Pronunciation
- (Austfold) IPA(key): /²spebːær/
- (from the written form) IPA(key): /²spyːdəbɛrɡ/
Proper noun
Spydeberg n
- a municipality of Østfold, Norway
Related terms
- speberging, spebergsokning (“someone from Spydeberg”)
References
- Oluf Rygh (1897) “Spydeberg Præstegaard”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 1, page 56