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Norwegian Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

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| let, allow  
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|lagmann
|judge at the high court which was an appeals court over the local court
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| lagrettemann  
| lagrettemann  
| court member
| farmer who after taking an oath could function as judges or witnesses
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| Good Friday  
| Good Friday  
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|landskyld
|yearly rent which the renter paid to the land owner
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| laugverge  
| laugverge  
| widow’s guardian or spokesman  
| widow’s guardian or spokesman  
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|ledstø
|a stone boundary marker between two outer markers
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| legd  
| legd  
| welfare, military levying district
| a group of farms which together were responsible for a portion of the community obligations such as taxes, providing soldiers, or taking care of the poor
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| welfare recipient  
| welfare recipient  
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|leidang
|a sea military defense ordinance in Viking times. Later it was made an annual tax.
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| leie  
| leie  
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| leilending  
| leilending  
| leaseholder  
| leaseholder; the person who rented land from the land owner
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| lejermål  
| lejermål, leiermål
| illicit and punishable intercourse
| unlawful and punishable sexual union outside of marriage
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| lensmann  
| lensmann  
| sheriff  
| sheriff ; nobleman who had received a district from the king
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|lensmannen
|lowest level official in the local administration
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| lese  
| lese  
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| løpenummer  
| løpenummer  
| serial number  
| serial number; the number given to a parcel of a farm. See more under Matrikkel.
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