Agder

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English

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Proper noun

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Agder

  1. A county in southern Norway, formed on 1 January 2020 on the merger of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties.

Anagrams

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse Agðir f pl, from a singular form *Ǫgð, from Proto-Germanic *Agiðō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ- (sharp). Cognate with Old English eg(e)de, Old High German egida, and Old Welsh ocet (> Welsh oged (harrow)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²aɡdər/, (newer) /¹aɡdər/

Proper noun

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Agder f pl

  1. A region of Southern Norway
  2. A county of Southern Norway, until 2020 split into Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder

Usage notes

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The traditional preposition for Agder is (on); though i (in) has become more common in modern time when referring to the county.

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • Jørn Sandnes, Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “Agðir”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN