Lærdalsøyri

Norwegian Bokmål no:Lærdalsøyri thumb|A view of Lærdalsøyri in 2018. Alternative forms nb Lærdalsøyra, nb Lærdalsøra variant form nb Lærdalsøren historical form Etymology Compound of nb Lærdal øyr municipality and district in Vestland sandbank, gravel bank, with linking nb -s- interfix and the traditional local feminine definite singular ending -i, literally “the Lærdal sandbank”. The first element nb Lærdal is from nb gmq-mno Lærdall, attested in 1427, from nb non Læradalr, probably reduced from reconstructed non *Lærardalr. The latter consists of the genitive *Lærar of a lost river name non *Lærr and non dalr valley, dale, literally “valley of the Lærr”. The river name non *Lærr is of uncertain origin. Magnus Olsen connected it with Old English ang læs pasture, interpreting it approximately as “the river flowing through a grass-rich valley”; an earlier proposal connecting it with Old Norse non lær thigh was regarded by Rygh as unlikely. Old Norse non dalr is from nb gem-pro *dalą valley, dale, of uncertain deeper origin. The second element nb øyr sandbank, gravel bank, also nb ør, is from nb non eyrr sandbank, gravel bank, from nb gem-pro *aurī riverbank, sandbank at a river mouth. The final -i reflects the traditional local definite singular form of the strong feminine noun. Pronunciation nb /¹læːr.dɑːlsˌœʏri/ [ˈlæ̀ːɖɑ̌ːlsˌœʏɾɪ] nb œʏri 4 nb Lær dals øy ri Proper noun nb proper noun Lærdalsøyri; nb village mun:suf/Lærdal county/Vestland c/Norway, the administrative centre of Lærdal municipality, situated at the mouth of nb Lærdalselvi at the head of nb Lærdalsfjorden. nb Lærdalsøyri ligger innerst i Lærdalsfjorden. Lærdalsøyri lies at the head of Lærdalsfjorden. nb 19 January 2014 Hanna Haug Røset et al. VG Slik så det ut i Lærdal etter nattens storbrann Lærdalsøyri er et tettsted og administrasjonssenteret i Lærdal kommune i Sogn og Fjordane. Lærdalsøyri is a village and the administrative centre of Lærdal municipality in Sogn og Fjordane. Usage notes nb Lærdalsøyri is the approved and prioritized spelling in the Norwegian Mapping Authority's Central Place Name Register. The settlement is also traditionally and locally referred to simply as nb Øyri. The forms nb Lærdalsøyra and nb Lærdalsøra are also attested, while nb Lærdalsøren was widely used historically. References “Lærdalsøyri”, Sentralt stadnamnregister, Norwegian Mapping Authority. Askheim, Svein, “Lærdalsøyri”, Store norske leksikon, updated 2 March 2026. Lærdal 12 60 https://runeberg.org/ngardnavne/12/0082.html Further reading Lærdalsøyri Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology Definite form; from nn Lærdal øyr riverbank, delta. Proper noun nn proper noun f nn town mun/Lærdal co/Sogn og Fjordane by the delta of the river/Lærdal River