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Hjerkinn
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English
Proper noun
en Q87179en town mun:suf/Dovre co/Innlandet c/Norway on the border with the county of Trøndelag; formerly part of the county of Oppland.
en Towns in Norway
Norwegian Bokmål
nb:
Alternative forms
Gierchen (archaic)
Jerkind (archaic)
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Hjerkinn Q87179
nb Towns in Norway
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Alternative forms
nn Gierchen Jerkind Danicisations
nn Hjerdkinn alternative spelling
Etymology
From nn non *Hjarðkinn, from non hjǫrð kinn livestock, herd mountainside 1.
Pronunciation
nn /jɛːrçin/
nn /ʃæːrçiɲ/ local pronunciation
nn /jæːʃkiɲ/ Trøndelag
Proper noun
nn proper noun f
nn Hjerkinn Q87179
Related terms
nn hjord<t:livestock, herd> kinn<t:mountainside>
References