Hwitaridh

Old Swedish Etymology gmq-osw Hvite or hwit ridh. 1399.SvOrtLex Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 362, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages First half may be gmq-osw Hvite a male name. It may also be gmq-osw hviter white; the reason is unknown.SvOrtLex Second half might be related with sv ryd clearing. It may also be related with sv rör cairn; if so, it might refer to the Labyrinten i Vittaryd Vittaryd labyrinth sv.SvOrtLex Proper noun gmq-osw proper noun gmq-osw locality/and/former parish in the former Sunnerbo hundred in the historical country of Finnveden, now in mun:suf/Ljungby county:suf/Kronoberg c/Sweden Vittaryd References