Vikestad

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From Old Norse Víkingsstaðir m pl, from the male given name Víkingr +‎ staðr (“place, stead”). For the Bindal farm, this is attested in the form Vikingstadom m pl (dative), and the farm in Nærøysund is most likely of the same origin. Doublet of Vikingstad, a farm in Torvastad on the island of Karmøy. === Pronunciation === (Bindal, Nærøysund) IPA(key): /²vi(ː)çista/ (surname) IPA(key): /²viːkəsta/ Hyphenation: Ví‧ke‧stad === Proper noun === Vikestad m a farm in Bindal, Nordland, Norway a farm in Nærøysund, North Trøndelag, Norway a surname used by people from the farms above. ==== Related terms ==== Viking stad === References === Oluf Rygh (1905), “Vikestad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 16, page 5 Oluf Rygh (1903), “Vikestad”, in Norske Gaardnavne [Norwegian Farm Names] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), volume 15, page 262 Olav Veka (2000), “Vikestad”, in Norsk etternamnleksikon (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 464