Valdres

Norwegian Bokmål
Winter in Valdres, Norway.

Etymology

From both Old Norse vǫllr (“field, flat ground, meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wolHt- or *wel- (“to see”) + and from Old Norse dres (“a cleaved road to be ridden on by a horse”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋaldrəs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -əs
  • Hyphenation: Val‧dres

Proper noun

Valdres

  1. Valdres (a traditional district of Innlandet, Eastern Norway, Norway)

References
  • “Valdres” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams
  • delsvar
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