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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse Fold, from fold (“field, plain”), thus meaning “the broad, open fjord”. From Proto-Germanic *fuldō, *fulþō. Akin to English fold (“earth”)
Proper noun
Fold f (definite Folda or (pre-2012) Foldi)
- (chiefly historical) A fjord in South East Norway, equivalent to the outer Oslo Fjord