Nidaros

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Nedaros (1730) Nedros, Nidros, Nideros === Etymology === From Old Norse Niðaróss, Niðarós from Niðar, genitive of Nið f (“the River Nid”) + óss (“river mouth”). This was the Old Norse name of the city Trondheim, and was revived in the 19th century to replace the Danish name Trondhjem. It became the official name in 1929, but due to protests, it was changed to Trondheim the following year. Due to its literary origin in modern time, the name maintains a frozen form more akin to Old Norse than its expected development. Cf. Røyros (Røros) < *Reyðaróss and Burøy < Búðarey, which would anticipate modern *Neros with a similar development (‑VrV‑ < ‑VðarV‑). Gustav Indrebø theorised that the name could have received various dialectal forms before or during the shift to modern time, in which the -d- would remain. This is a common phenomena in Trøndelag, where a short stem word (such as spaði) maintains the -ð- as it turns into /d/ (spada, spådå). The name forms that might have arisen from this are, according to Indrebø, *Nædaros and *Nædæros (cf. væræ < vera) with a partial assimilation of the -i- to the following -a-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²niːdaru(ˑ)s/, (expected but unattested) /²nɪːarus/ Rhymes: -uːs, -us Hyphenation: Nid‧ar‧ós, Ni‧da‧rós Note: As the name is mostly known through writing, the expected pronunciation without /d/ is unattested. === Proper noun === Nidaros m (unofficial or historical) a city in Trøndelag, Norway Synonym: Trondheim ellipsis of Nidaros bispedøme (“Diocese of Nidaros”) bispen i Nidaros ― the bishop of (the diocese of) Nidaros ==== Derived terms ==== Nidar (Norwegian chocolate factory) Nidarosdomen ==== Related terms ==== Nea (“the River Nid”) Nesjøen Nidarvoll Nidelva (“the River Nid”) === Further reading === Gustav Indrebø (1928), Nidaros‎[1], Oslo: Noregs ungdomslag