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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From -vær + -ing.
Suffix
-væring m
- especially in Central and Northern Norway, added to a place name to form demonyms denoting a person from that place.
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From -vær, from Old Norse -verr (from Proto-Germanic *warjaz), and the additional suffix -ing.
Suffix
-væring m
- (especially in Central and Northern Norway) added to a place name to form demonyms denoting a person from that place.
- Lofoten + -væring → lofotværing
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