Norwegian Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

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| badstue || sauna

| bakbygning || back building (additional residence behind the main building)

| baker || baker

| bakke || hill

| bannlyse || excommunicate

| baptist || Baptist

| bar || carried

| bar barnet || held child (at baptism font)

| bare || only

| barn || child

| barna || children

| barndom || childhood

| barnebarn || grandchild

| barnedåp || child baptism

| barnefar || child’s father

| barnløs || childless

| barsel || birth

| barselfeber || childbed fever

| barselseng || birthing bed

| be || pray, request

| beboer || occupant, resident

| bededag || prayer day

| bedrive hor || commit adultery

| befolkning || population, people

| begge || both

| begivenhet || event, occurrence

| begravelse || funeral, burial

| begravet || buried

| behandle || handle, treat, manage

| bemerkning || remark

| ben || leg, bone

| benefisert gods || Land which the official has income from

| benekte || deny

| benåde || pardon

| beruset || drunk

| besetning || livestock, crew

| beskrivelse || description

| beslektet || related

| bestefar || grandfather

| besteforeldre || grandparents

| bestemor || grandmother

| besvangre || impregnate, get with child, make pregnant

| betale || pay

| betaling || payment

| betler || beggar

| bevilge || grant

| bevis || proof

| bibliotek || library

| bind || volume (book)

| biografi || biography

| biskop || bishop

| bispedømme || diocese

| bli || become

| blikkenslager || tinsmith

| blind || blind

| blod || blood

| blodgang || dysentery

| blodskam || incest

| blodsott || abnormal loss of blood during illness

| bo || to live at

| bodde || lived

| bok || book

| bokhandler || bookseller

| bokholder, bokfører || bookkeeper

| bokstav || letter, character

| bolig || residence, house

| bonde || farmer

| bondegods || land which the farmers owned

| bondelensmannen || lowest level in the local administration

| bondesag/bygdesag || a sawmill that from 1688-1818 could only be used for the local market

| bopel || residence, domicile

| borger || citizen

| borgermester || mayor

| borgerskap || citizenship

| bot || fine, penalty

| brann || fire

| brendeved || firewood

| brennevinsbrenner || distiller of spirits

| brev || letter (correspondence)

| bro || bridge

| bror || brother

| brordatter || brother’s daughter

| brorsønn || brother’s son

| brud || bride

| brudgom || bridegroom

| bruk, gårdsbruk || farm or a part of a farm which is usually inhabited by a family

| bruksdeling || division of a farm into several parts (bruk)

| brygger || brewer

| bryllup || wedding

| budeie || milkmaid

| bubeite || grazing land for cattle in the forest

| bumerke || a sign or figure used as signature or carved on the house and tools. The use of this dwindled as people learned to write

| buskap || livestock, crew

| by || town, city

| bygd || small country community, village

| bygdebok || rural chronicles

| bygdesag/bondesag || a sawmill that from 1688-1818 could only be used for the local market

| bygdeting || the lowest court in the country where from the 1600s the district judge (sorenskriver) presided. He was assisted by several magistrates (lagrettesmenn)

| bygsel || rental of land. The tenant farmer or lease-holder paid rent to the right to lease the land

| bygselrett || the authority to rent land to a tenant farmer. When the farm had several owners, the owner of the largest part had the authority for the entire farm

| byll || abscess

| byllepest || plague (bubonic)

| byttestreng || boundary

| bære || carry

| bøkker || cooper, barrel maker

| både || both, either

| båret || carried

| båt || boat, ship

| båtbygger || shipbuilder