Selje
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Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Selje
- A municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. To be merged with Eid on 1 January 2020 under the name of Stad.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Originally only an island name; from Old Norse Selja, possibly derived from sel (“pasture shed”), or less likely from salr (“room, hall”), referring to the cave where Saint Sunniva and her followers dwelled after reaching the island in the 10th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Selje f (definite Selja)
- A village and former municipality of Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
- (definite form) an island in Stad, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Derived terms
- seljeværing (“someone from Selje”)