Guldalen

Danish

Alternative forms
  • Guhldalen, Guledalen

Etymology

Danicised form of Norwegian Gauldalen, from Old Norse Gaulardalr.

Proper noun

Guldalen c

  1. A valley and former bailiwick in southern Trøndelag, Norway
    Guldalens Fogderie ― Guldal bailiwick
    • 1821, Christian Magnus Falsen, Geographisk Beskrivelse over Kongeriget Norge, og Udsigt over dette lands ældste Historie og Forfatning, som en Inledning til Norges udførligere Historie:
      Guul-Elven, (Gaula-Elv) en meget stor Elv i Ørke- og Guldalens-Fogderie, kommer fra Guul-Søen, N. for Store-Skarvfjeldet, og falder i Guul-Fjorden, en Arm af Trondh. Fjord.
      The Guul River, (Gaula River) a very large river in the Orkdal and Guldal bailiwick, comes from the Gaul Sea, north of the Storskarv mountain, and flows out in the Gaul Fjord, an arm of the Trondheim Fjord.
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