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in reply to a message by Jim Young
Actually, this is very interesting! Is Aase (or Åse, same thing) your grandmother´s surname or a given name (first name or middle name)?
If it is a surname, it is locative, meaning ridge or hillside. If it is a first name, it means goddess - from old Nordic. The word gudinne also means goddess, but is a more modern word in the Norwegian language.
These are different names and have different origins, but they are pronounces and spelled the same way.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%85se
If it is a surname, it is locative, meaning ridge or hillside. If it is a first name, it means goddess - from old Nordic. The word gudinne also means goddess, but is a more modern word in the Norwegian language.
These are different names and have different origins, but they are pronounces and spelled the same way.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%85se
This message was edited 5/13/2013, 1:17 PM
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