Vetle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

A regional form of Vetterlide, Vetlide, from Old Norse Vetrliði, from vetrliði (“one-year-old bear”).

Proper noun

Vetle m (definite Vetlen)

  1. a male given name from Old Norse

References
  • Ivar Aasen (1878) Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎ (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 45
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