Ulvestad

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• (Volda) IPA^(key): /²ʊlvəstaː/, /²ʉlvəstaː/
• (Valdres) IPA^(key): [²uɽ.ʋə.stɐ̞ː]
• Hyphenation: Ùl‧ve‧stad

Etymology 1

Uncertain first part; Possibly from the Old Norse male name Ulfr, or from ulfr (“wolf”). Another possibility is a river name *Ulfa, which has later disappeared. The last part is from staðr (“stead, place”).

Alternative forms

Spellings from older sources

• Wlffuestadum (1427)
• Vlstad (1520)
• Wllestad (1603)
• Wllestadt (1606)
• Vlffuestad (1617)
• Welfestad (1626)
• Wlffuestad (1647)
• Ulfuestad (1664, 1667)

Proper noun

Ulvestad m

1. A farm in Volda, Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
2. a surname, used by people from the village

Derived terms

• Ulvestadbygda
• Ulvestadhaugen
• Ulvestadsætra

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Spellings from older sources

• Vlffuestad (1616)
• Vluestad
• Vlffuestad (1667)
• Ulfvestad (1723)

Proper noun

Ulvestad m

1. A farm in Valdres district, Oppland, Norway.

References

• Oluf Rygh (1908) “Ulvestad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 13, page 84
• Oluf Rygh (1900-1902) “Ulvestad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 4, page 293
• Olav Veka (2000) “Ulvestad”, in Norsk etternamnleksikon (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN