Madla

See also: madla

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Madla

  1. A borough in Stavanger, and former municipality and parish in Rogaland, Norway.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Mallar pl, attested in genitive as Malla and dative as Mǫllum.[1][2] Likely related to terms such as Old Norse malmr (“ore; sandy flats”), mold (“soil”) and mǫl (“a gravelly bank”), relating to the morainic ground of the place.[1] All of these ultimately derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

Attested as eccl. de Mollom (1298), Mallar (1347), Malla (1355), Male (1563), Malle (1567), Mollda (1606), Malde (1610), Mallde (1616), Malde (1668), and finally Malde med Lien og Sandnes samt Kalvøen (1723).[2] By 1915, it was spelled Malle.[2]

Proper noun

Madla

  1. A borough in Stavanger, and former municipality and parish in Rogaland, Norway.

References
  1. Inge Særheim (2007) “Madla”, in Stadnamn i Rogaland [Place Names in Rogaland] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Fagbokforlaget, →ISBN, page 156
  2. Oluf Rygh (1915) “Madla”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 10, page 192
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