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There are two
interpretations of the name. One is from the Old
Norse vaett-
vangr, or 'field for the
trial of a
legal action'.
Another theory is that it was...
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Vossevangen takes its name from the Old
Norwegian word "vang" (Old Norse:
Vangr)
which means "field" or "meadow", and
refers to the
large gr****
field lying...
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variant spelling of the name Vang
which is
derived from the Old
Norse word
vangr,
meaning field or meadow. Wang is also a
surname in the
German and Dutch...
- (see also Fådalen and the old name of Lysakerelva) and the last
element is
vangr which means 'meadow'. Finn Kalvik,
artist Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January...
- *(hemena-)wangaz '(heaven-)meadow' OS heƀan-wang, OE (neorxna-)wang ON himin-
vangr, (Fólk)
vangr Gothic waggs Compound of PGmc *hemenaz ('heaven') and *wangaz ('meadow')...
- take
place at many
different kinds of sites,
including fields and
meadows (
vangr, vin), rivers,
lakes and bogs,
groves (lundr) and
individual trees, and...
-
Norse god
Ullin (an
alternate form of the name Ullr). The last
element is
vangr which means "field" or "meadow".
Prior to the 2020 muni****l merger, this...
- the old Vang farm (Old Norse:
Vangr)
since the
first Vang
Church was
built there. The name is
identical to the word
vangr which means "field" or "meadow"...
- "game", "sports", or "contest". The last
element is the
plural form of
vangr which means "field" or "meadow". Thus it
means a
meadow used for sports...
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appears to have
displaced older terms for a
sacred place, vé, hörgr, lundr,
vangr, and vin,
particularly in the West
Norse linguistic area,
namely Norway...
