Bratsberg.
a farm in Skien, Telemark, Norway, formerly a large manor in Gjerpen and the namesake of Bratsberg len and Bratsberg amt
Meaning & usage
a farm in Skien, Telemark, Norway, formerly a large manor in Gjerpen and the namesake of Bratsberg len and Bratsberg amt
a village in Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
a parish of Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
a surname transferred from the place name, originally denoting someone from a place named Bratsberg
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Norse Brattsberg. The second element is berg (“rock, cliff, hill”), while the first is related to brattr (“steep”). The exact formation and the medial -s- are uncertain. The name has traditionally been interpreted as literally “the steep rock” or “the steep cliff”; other proposals analyse the first element as a lost topographical name or as a neuter noun meaning “something steep; a cliff face”. The surname is habitational, derived from one of the places named Bratsberg.
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