Härjedalen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Härjedalen.

Proper noun

Härjedalen

  1. A province of Jämtland County, in central Sweden

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Herjárdalr (“valley of the Härje river”), from Härje, Härjån + dalr. The first element *har, *her could mean "heap of stones," compare hǫrgr (“cairn, heap of stones”). Cognate with Norwegian Herjådalen, Herjedalen and Icelandic Herjadalur.

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Proper noun

Härjedalen n (genitive Härjedalens)

  1. A province of Jämtland County, in central Sweden

References
  • Svenskt ortnamnslexikon 2003
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