Telemark
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Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Te‧le‧mark
Proper noun
[edit]Telemark
- A county of Eastern Norway.
Related terms
[edit]- telemarking
- Vestfold og Telemark (county, which existed from 2020 to 2024)
Descendants
[edit]- English: telemark
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tele (“someone from Telemark”) + mark (“land; march”); from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from genitive plural of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Te‧le‧mark
Proper noun
[edit]Telemark f
- A county of Eastern Norway
Related terms
[edit]- telemarking
- Vestfold og Telemark (county, which existed from 2020 to 2024)
Descendants
[edit]- English: telemark
References
[edit]Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio links
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Telemark
- nb:Polities
- nb:Counties of Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk compound terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Old Norse compound terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with audio links
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Telemark
- nn:Polities
- no:Counties of Norway
- nn:Counties of Norway