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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian Telemark.
Proper noun
Telemark (uncountable)
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Te‧le‧mark
Proper noun
Telemark
- a county of Eastern Norway
Related terms
- telemarking
- Vestfold og Telemark (county, which existed from 2020 to 2024)
Descendants
- English: telemark
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
tele (“someone from Telemark”) + mark (“land; march”); from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from genitive plural of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Te‧le‧mark
Proper noun
Telemark f
- a county of Eastern Norway
Related terms
- telemarking
- Vestfold og Telemark (county, which existed from 2020 to 2024)
Descendants
- English: telemark