Selbu
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sæɽbʉː/
- Rhymes: -ʉː
Proper noun
Selbu
- A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- Sælabu (1345)
- Sælbu (alternative spelling)
Etymology
From Old Norse Selabú, from the lake name *Seli + bú. First part from seli (“harness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sæɽbʉː/
- Rhymes: -ʉː
Proper noun
Selbu n
- A municipality in the south of Trøndelag, Norway
Derived terms
- selbuferd
- selbugenser
- selbugumme
- selbukvernstein (“millstone from Selbu”)
- selbulefse
- selbureise
- selburose
- Selbusjøen
- selbusokk
- selbustein
- Selbustrand
- selbustrikk, selbustrikking
- selbutur
- selbuvott (“Selbu mitten”)
Related terms
- selbygg (“someone from Selbu”)
- Sålåsjøen (“the Selbu Sea”, literally “the Sålå Sea”)