Talk:History of Oslo's name

Odin?
Removed this unsuppported claim: A further interpretation would be that "Ans" or "Ops" refer to the god Odin, like "Od" in Odense and "ons" in onsdag=Odin's day, Wednesday. "Lo" means house. Oslo thus could be interpreted as "Odin's house". --— Erik Jr. 12:55, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Any sources that show Ánslo as an actual Old Norse form?
As the most likely origin is Ansu-, the early Old Norse form must have been Ǫ́s- with a nasal ǫ́. I see nowhere that Ánslo is a genuine Old Norse written form, only Low German/Dutch or Latin. The  was long gone in Old Norse by this time.

I’ve looked, and I can’t find any Old Norse form from before the 13th century. As much as I would like to write Ǫ́slǫ́, I think the article will have to stick with Ósló or Ásló, the attested forms. Preferably not Ánslo, as I doubt this is anything other than a hybrid spelling invented by a Wikipedian. Eiliv (talk) 11:38, 30 December 2022 (UTC)