Selwerd
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- (Westerkwartier) Potentially attested as seltnon in 855, attested with certainty as selwaert in 1534. Etymology uncertain. The toponym may be a compound of an ancient personal name or hydronym and Old Frisian werd (“terp, artificial mound used for habitation”). Compare Saultain.
- (Groningen) First attested as selewrt in 1169. Compound of either Old Frisian sele (“hall house”) or Sigila (“a personal name”) and uurð (“artificial mound for habitation”). Formerly an independent hamlet.
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Proper noun[edit]
Selwerd n
- A hamlet in Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands.
- A neighbourhood of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.