[gothic-l] Not many "stad" in Denmark

[Beril Haggman]

Leonardo,

The reason for the small number of place-
names ending with -stad in Denmark compared
to Sweden and Norway is probably the fact that
stad in Danish is "by". "By" in Swedish means 
village.

Gothically

Bertil

As endings of place names there are around 2500 places ending
on -stad in Norway, 2000 in Sweden and 1150 in Iceland (staðr,
staðir). In Denmark it is a little less, only about 200. How
many there are in Germany I do not know, but it occurs there too.
In Norway the ending in placenames has frequently been abre-
viated to -sta or merely -st. What the meaning of -stad as
the ending of a place name really is, is debated. The simplest
solution is to assume it means "dwelling place". It usually
is merely a single farm. But they can be large and have much
land, though some are quite small as well.





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