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Norwegian Nynorsk
Spellings from older sources (Bindal)
Spellings from older sources (Nærøysund)
Etymology
From Old Norse Víkingsstaðir m pl, from the male given name Víkingr + staðr (“place, stead”). For the Bindal farm, this is attested in the form Vikingstadom m pl (dative), and the farm in Nærøysund is most likely of the same origin. Doublet of Vikingstad, a farm in Torvastad on the island of Karmøy.
Pronunciation
- (Bindal, Nærøysund) IPA(key): /²vi(ː)çista/
- (surname) IPA(key): /²viːkəsta/
- Hyphenation: Ví‧ke‧stad
Proper noun
Vikestad m
- A farm in Bindal, Nordland, Norway
- A farm in Nærøysund, North Trøndelag, Norway
- a surname used by people from the farms above.
References
- Oluf Rygh (1905) “Vikestad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 16, page 5
- Oluf Rygh (1903) “Vikestad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 15, page 262
- Olav Veka (2000) “Vikestad”, in Norsk etternamnleksikon (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN