Åse

See also: ase, ASE, asé, asè, asė, åse, -ase, and Āsè

Danish

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Proper noun

Åse

  1. a female given name derived from Old Norse Ása

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse Ása, short for names beginning with the element áss, óss "god". Cognate with Swedish Åsa.

Proper noun

Åse

  1. a female given name

References
  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 075 females with the given name Åse living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse Ása, short form of female compound names beginning with the element áss, ǫ́ss (“god”). Cognate with Icelandic and Faroese Ása, Swedish Åsa and Danish Åse.

Proper noun

Åse f (definite Åsa)

  1. a female given name from Old Norse, variant of Åsa

References
  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 075 females with the given name Åse living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
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