Haverdal

Swedish

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Haverdal

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Haffredall, originally derived from Old Danish Hawærydh. The original being a compound of have (“pasture”) +‎ ryd (“clearing”).^[1]

Then shortened to "Haverda", via the parish dialect to "Haverd", plus the added plural suffix -a (For unkown reason many place-names are in plural form, despite often referring to a single feature.^[2]).^[1]

"Haverda" was then, via folk etymology, transformed to its contemporary form "Haverdal"; where dal means "dale" or "valley".^[1]

The original form Hawærydh is first attested in 1466.^[1] The dal (“dale”) form is attested since 1603 as Haffredall.^[1]

Proper noun

Haverdal n (genitive Haverdals)

a town in Harplinge district, Halmstad municipality, Halland county, Sweden

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 121, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
^ Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 10, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

[SvOrtLex-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 121, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

[2] Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 10, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

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