Roslagen

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from Old Swedish Roþslaghen, from Roþs, genitive form of Roþer (“Roden”) + laghen, definite plural form of lagh (“corporation, community”).[1]

Proper noun

Roslagen n (genitive Roslagens)

  1. Roslagen (the coastal areas of Uppland)
    Synonym: (historical) Roden
    • 1932, Evert Taube, “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's Waltz]”‎[2]:
      I Roslagens famn på den blommande ö, där vågorna klucka [old present tense plural, usually kluckar] mot strand, och vassarna vagga [old present tense plural, usually vaggar] och nyslaget hö, det doftar emot mig ibland.
      In Roslagen's embrace on the flowering island, where the waves lap ["cluck" – onomatopoeic] against shore [sic – indefinite], and the reeds sway and of freshly mown hay, it wafts [smells pleasantly, "scents"] towards me sometimes [sic].

See also

  • rospigg (“person from Roslagen”)

References

  1. ^ Nyman, Eva; Strauch, Dieter (2010), “Roslagen”, in Germanische Altertumskunde Online‎[1]
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