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Deglum.

A Norwegian farm name in Furnes, Ringsaker, Innlandet, now represented by the neighboring farms Deglum store and Deglum lille.

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈdeːɡlʉm/
  1. A Norwegian farm name in Furnes, Ringsaker, Innlandet, now represented by the neighboring farms Deglum store and Deglum lille.

  2. a surname transferred from the place name, from the farm name in Furnes

Where this word comes from

As a place name, probably from the otherwise unattested Old Norse *Deigaleimr, formed with heimr (“home, farm, settlement”). The first element is uncertain, but may be related to deigr (“soft”), perhaps referring to soft or marshy ground. The surname is derived from the place name. First attested in 1337 as Dæighalæims, followed by Dæigulæims in 1399.

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