Stavkirker - Stave churches 

I missed the church in Vågå, where my Family worked.🇧🇻❣️

Borg means castle or fort, dal / dalen means valley, berg means mountain, stad means town, jord means earth, bu means inn, nes means peninsula

@@e.solberg6636 your surname is sun mountain? What about stave ? Is this not to do with the preferred accessory of the particular gnostic priest within? images.app.goo.gl/gDRTU9Ls1z1DB77d9 Priest comes from gaelic. From na peisteanna. The beasts or serpents. Worms is one etymology. Anything serpenty on that church apart from the scales, the dragons (viking ships too) and all that was removed during renovation. We have st patrick from padraig from predrac (draco) St patrick's pilgrimage in Ireland is croagh patrick. The mountain consists of serpentinite rock known by it's green scaly colour. It's curios you mentioned peninsula. There's a suterrain here too. That star fort of yours : Vardø Quite literally, the term "vardoger" is a Norwegian word defined as "a premonitory sound or sight of a person before he arrives." Vardogers are a class of paranormal "doubles," a class that includes doppelgangers, crisis apparitions, and bilocation. Doggerlands ... I wonder if they got the message? Words are only good when spelled!

@@lallyoisin interesting! Yeah, my surname means Sun Mountain (or hill) Stave or "stav" means rod (or in this case, wooden beam) and is a reference to the architecture (central wooden beams standing vertically carry the buildings)

@@e.solberg6636 I'm aware of what we are told about stav. In Norwegian it means 'spell' from what I can make out. This is arguably one of the most important words from this era. I don't wish to argue about about the dance a word makes on its path though. Perhaps you can help me. In Ireland we have folklore containing my namesake Oisín. He was a giant/poet/hunter/warrior ( I know - multi taskers back then eh?) So sexy blond with the golden head (probably a giant in the sky like Enif) 'Niamh' comes and takes him to a special island called ' tír na nOg'. Although this island was located in a westerly direction I can see 'Og' is used on your islands a bit and wondered what meaning it might have. In german it can mean above which is where some giants ended up (biblically) In Norwegian and Danish it means 'and' or 'with' - 'beside' maybe? Are you familiar with this word?

@@lallyoisin "å stave" is a verb, and means to spell a word, and "stav" would be the imperative form. Don't think that is relevant to stave churches as the name comes from the architectual context of a carrier beam here. Interestingly though, as stav also essentially is the same word as "staff", "tryllestav" is the word used to signify a wizard's staff (which ties in to the double meaning of the spelling imperative). With regards to og, I'll have to disappoint though. It simply means "and" in any usage I'm aware of. Perhaps there might be something else if you dig deeper in old norse, I wouldn't know as I'm just a modern speaker of the language.