Lofoten
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Reine in Lofoten.
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Lofoten
- a chain of islands in Nordland county, Norway, which jut out into the Norwegian Sea.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse Lófótr, from *ló (“lynx”) + fótr (“foot”). Cognate with Icelandic Lófót f and Danish Lofoden (“Danicised form”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lofoten m (indefinite Lofot)
- A chain of islands in Nordland county, Norway, which jut out into the Norwegian Sea
Derived terms
Most of the compounds of lofot- refer to the fishing outside Lofoten.
- lofotagn
- lofotbrev
- lofotbruk
- lofotbrød
- lofotbør
- lofotbåt
- lofotfarar (“someone that goes to Lofoten to fish”)
- lofotferd (“journey to fish in Lofoten”)
- lofotfiskar (“fisherman in Lofoten”)
- lofotfiske (“fishing in Lofoten”)
- lofotfolk
- lofotgarn
- lofotgåve
- lofothav
- lofothest
- lofothund
- lofoting, lofotværing, loføting (“someone from Lofoten”)
- lofotjakt
- lofotjolle
- lofotkake
- lofotkar
- lofotkavring
- lofotkiste
- lofotklede
- lofotkost
- lofotkringle
- lofotlefse
- lofotline
- lofotlut
- lofotmann
- lofotmølje (“dish made of fish, liver, roe and potatoes boiled together”)
- lofotrive
- lofotrom
- lofotrye (“thick wool blanket for the fishing journey in Lofoten”)
- Lofotrådet
- lofotskolp
- lofotskrot, lofotskrote
- lofottid (“time when fishing in Lofoten”)
- lofottidend (“news from the Lofot fishermen”)
- lofottorsk
- lofottur
- lofotveggen (“The Lofot Wall”)
- lofotvær
- Lofotøyane (“the Lofot islands”)