Svorksjøen

Norwegian Bokmål Svorksjøen no thumb|The shore of Svorksjøen at Svorksjøen Camping. Etymology From the compound stem Svork- of the river name nb Svorka and nb sjøen the lake. The origin of nb Svorka is uncertain. Peter Andreas Munch connected the name group with a reconstructed Norwegian verb *svirka, corresponding to Proto-Germanic gem-pro *swerkaną to become dark, reflected in Old English ang sweorcan to become dark, be obscured. If this explanation is correct, the river name would have meant approximately “the dark one”. Compare the Norwegian river names nb Sorka, nb Surka, nb Svarka and nb Sverka. Pronunciation nb /ˈsʋɔrkˌʃøː.ən/ nb øːən 3 nb Svork sjø en Proper noun nb proper noun nb lake mun:suf/Melhus and mun:suf/Orkland county:also/Trøndelag c:also/Norway receiving the river nb Skolda and draining through nb Sagelva into nb Svorka. References Oluf Rygh and Karl Rygh (1904), “Svorka”, in Norske Elvenavne, p. 259. “Svorksjøen”, Sentralt stadnamnregister, Norwegian Mapping Authority. Svorksjøen no