Hardanger

English Noun en Hardanger fiddle. Norwegian Bokmål no: Proper noun nb proper noun The district surrounding the Hardangerfjord in nb Hordaland county, Western Norway, consisting of seven municipalities, nb Kvam, nb Jondal, nb Granvin, nb Ulvik, nb Eidfjord, nb Ullensvang and nb Odda. Derived terms nb harding nb Norway Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Alternative forms nn Hardang nn Hardong Harong Hårdångur Hårångur dialectal Etymology From nn non Harðangr, traditionally believed to be related to non hǫrðar Harudes; from nn gmq-pro *Harudangraʀ Latn, from nn gem-pro *harudōz m-p Harudes + gem-pro *angraz fjord. The reason for the -a-, as opposed to the -ǫ- in non hǫrðar, is said to come from a different placement of the stress, causing an earlier syncope of the -u- than in the other word. It therefore did not yield a Old Norse#Umlaut u-umlaut.1978 Per Hovda Frå hav til hei 67 https://www.nb.no/items/844335f14a639430f6a1e5b94f29705c?page=77 It has also been suggested that the fjord name may derive from gem-pro *hardaz hard instead of gem-pro *harudōz, due to the location of the fjord being outside the original area of the Harudes (Hordaland). This may better explain the -a- than relying on the absence of an expected u-umlaut. Pronunciation nn /²haːraŋər/ newer, from written form /har¹daŋːər/ Proper noun nn proper noun m nn district co/Hordaland c/Norway, consisting of the municipalities nn Kvam, nn Ulvik, nn Eidfjord and nn Ullensvang. Derived terms nn Hardangerfjorden nn Hardangervidda Related terms nn harding, nn hardeng nn Hordaland nn hordar References