Etymograph

English

Härjedalen

Härjedalen comes from Swedish Härjedalen, and goes back to Old Norse Herjárdalr ‘valley of the Härje river’.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350Herjárdalr‘valley of the Härje river’
  2. SwedishmodernHärjedalen
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350Herjárdalr‘valley of the Härje river’
  2. SwedishmodernHärjedalen
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A province and municipality in Jämtland County, central Sweden.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Norse Herjárdalr / Härjedalen