Vefsn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Vefsn.

Proper noun

Vefsn

1. A municipality of Nordland, Norway.

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Vefsn

1. A municipality of Nordland, Norway

Norwegian Nynorsk

Mosjøen, the administrative centre of Vefsn, with the Vefsn River.

Etymology

From Old Norse *Vefsn, originally only a river name, whence also Vefsna (“The Vefsn River”). Of uncertain origin, but possibly a sn-derivation of vefja or the Proto-Germanic stem *web-, whence also Old Norse váfa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛfsn/
• (Vefsn) IPA^(key): [ˈʋæfsn̩]

Proper noun

Vefsn f (definite Vefsna)

1. A municipality of Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway
2. (definite) A river in Vefsn, Norway

Derived terms

• vefsndåse
• Vefsnfjorden
• vefsning
• vefsnmål
• vefsnsk (“of or pertaining to Vefsn”)
• vefsnværing

Descendants

• → Swedish: Väfsen
• → Danish: Vefsen, Væfsen
• → German: Wefsen