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Bitdal
Pronunciation: /²bidːaːl/
“Bitdal” is a Norwegian Nynorsk word. Its meaning in English:
proper noun
- a valley in Vinje, Telemark, Norway, in the former Rauland municipality. Most area of the valley is covered by an artificially enlarged lake.
Etymology
From the river name Bitu, from Old Norse *Bíta (“a biting creek, a very cold creek”), related to bita (“to bite”). The other part is dal (“valley”). The modern pronunciation with /d/ in the first part is an assimilation with the following consonant, cf. the nearby Heddal < Old Norse Heitradalr. Meanwhile, the assimilation in the local dialect went the other way.
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