Træna

See also: träna

Norwegian Nynorsk
The largest island of Træna with three mountain peaks.
Træna med tre fjelltoppar.

Etymology

Definite form; from Old Norse Þriðn f, an n-derivation of *þrið f (“unit of three”), related to þriði (“third”) and þrír (“three”). The name likely refers to three mountain peaks on the largest island. Cognate with Icelandic Þriðn, Þriðna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /¹træːna/

Proper noun

Træna f

  1. An archipelago and municipality of Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway

Derived terms

Compounds traditionally use the indefinite form Træn-.

  • Trænabassenget
  • Trænadjupet
  • Trænfjorden
  • Trænseiholmen
  • Trænstaven
  • trænværing (“someone from Træna”)

See also

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