Jessnes

Norwegian Bokmål Jessnes no thumb|Jessnes station in 2008. Etymology The first element is nb 1; the final element continues Old Norse non nes headland, promontory. Oluf Rygh tentatively connected the first element with the old district name Jessum in Ullensaker, represented by Old Norse non Jaseimr and non Jesseimr, but noted that other possible explanations were incompatible with the early form. 1346 as Jæsnes. Pronunciation nb /ˈjɛsˌneːs/ nb eːs 2 nb Jess nes Proper noun nb proper noun nb village mun:suf/Ringsaker county:also/Innlandet c:also/Norway on the eastern shore of nb Mjøsa, between nb Hamar and nb Brumunddal. A collective farm name in nb Furnes, traditionally divided into Jessnes øvre, Jessnes nedre and Jessnes søndre. References Oluf Rygh (1900), “Jesnes”, in Norske Gaardnavne, volume 3, p. 76. “Jessnes”, Store norske leksikon. Table 04859: “Areal og befolkning i tettsteder”, Statistics Norway.