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LXXVIII : *Íll: prefecture of (district of Vikedal), Íla: N. G. III.

(district of Avaldsnes, prefecture of ). Several names with “Varma” are found in the prefecture of )

, “Veum”: Glemminge,

, “Veim” in Aurland.


 * , Romerike,



(name of a stream?): Snekketorp (Id, ), Snekkenes (Rakkestad, ), Snekkestad (Vaale, Jarlsberg).

“de o Burraland”, sea-term for the foreland “de ” (Sandwick, ); properly a name for what is considered to be the ruins of an old Pictish tower at that place, used as a landmark by fishermen.

The word is , ,   , , female head-dress , bridal veil or pocket-handkerchif, hvif, hviv,  and, veil, (female) head-dress,  hviv,, female head-dress (Molbech): according to Ri. The word is South SkandinavianScandinavian [sic].