Vefsn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Vefsn.

Proper noun

Vefsn

  1. A municipality of Nordland, Norway.

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Vefsn

  1. a municipality of Nordland, Norway

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse *Vefsn, originally only a river name, whence also Vefsna (“The Vefsn River”). Of uncertain origin, but possibly a sn-derivation of vefja or the Proto-Germanic stem *web-, whence also Old Norse váfa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛfsn/
  • (Vefsn) IPA(key): [ˈʋæfsn̩]

Proper noun

Vefsn f (definite Vefsna)

  1. a municipality of Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway
  2. (definite) a river in Vefsn, Norway

Derived terms

  • vefsndåse
  • Vefsnfjorden
  • vefsning
  • vefsnmål
  • vefsnsk (“of or pertaining to Vefsn”)
  • vefsnværing

Descendants

  • → Swedish: Väfsen
  • → Danish: Vefsen, Væfsen
  • → German: Wefsen
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