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elfdalian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
elf-dalian
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A linguistic variety of the Scandinavian language continuum spoken in the old parish of Övdaln in Sweden.

Etymology

From Elfdalia + -an, from Älvdalen in Sweden, literally "river valley," from Swedish älv (“river”) + dal (“valley”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

ovd ⁠ Wiktionary’s coverage of Elfdalian terms

Frequently Paired Words

ovd ⁠ Wiktionary’s coverage of Elfdalian terms

Synonyms

Övdalian

Questions

What does elfdalian mean?
A linguistic variety of the Scandinavian language continuum spoken in the old parish of Övdaln in Sweden.
Where does elfdalian come from?
It is traced to Swedish.

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