Norwegian Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

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| fabrikk  || factory

| faddere || christening witnesses, godparents

| fallesyke || epilepsy

| falt fall || be killed in war

| familie || family

| familie historie || linage books

| far || father

| farfar || paternal grandfather

| farger dyer || tanner

| farmor || paternal grandmother

| farsot || pestilence, plague

| fartøy || vessel, craft

| fattig || poor

| fattigvesente || welfare agency

| favn || 3 alen = 6 fot = 1.88 meters

| februar || February

| felles || common, joint

| fem || five

| femte || fifth

| femten || fifteen

| femtende || fifteenth

| femti || fifty

| femtiende || fiftieth

| fengsel || prison

| festebrev, bygselbrev || a document issued by the landowner, which regulated the contract between the owner and the renter of real estate

| festeseddel || rental contract

| festning || fortress

| fetter || cousin (male)

| Finnland || Finland

| finsk || Finnish

| fore || four

| fisker || fisherman

| fjell || mountain

| fjerde || fourth

| fjorten || fourteen

| fjortende || fourteenth

| flere || several, more

| flittig || diligent

| flomsag || a sawmill which could only be used in times of high water

| flytte || move

| fogd, fut || originally teh bailiff's servant who administered for him. The most important task was to demand the taxes. The fogd acted also as the grand jury in punishment cases. In the 1600s the fogd was directly responsible to the royal rule in Copenhagen. At the same time his responsibilities were lessened.

| foged, fogd || bailiff, sheriff

| folio || page (double)

| folk || people

| folkemengde || population

| folkeregister || citizen register, national register

| folketelling || census

| folkevandringstida || abt 400-600 A.D.

| follaug || an agreement that the previous owners would be provided in exchange for the farm. It was most used when the parents were passing the farm to their children similar to a life estate

| for, at || before, by

| foran || in front of

| forblødning || bled to death

| foreldre || parents

| foreldreløs || orphan

| forening || society

| forfedre || ancestors, forefathers

| forhenværende || former, previous, preceding

| forhus || house in front (usually the main house on a farm)

| forkjølet || to have a cold

| forklaring || explanation

| forlate || leave, forgive

| forlovelse || engagement

| forlovere || marriage witnesses

| formiddag || between morning and afternoon

| formynder || guardian

| fornavn || first name, given name

| forpakter || manager of estate

| forpligtet || obligated

| forrige || former

| forstand || intellect, mind

| forstoppelse || constipation, obstruction

| forsørges || supported

| fortelle || tell, relate

| fortid || past

| forvalter || manager

| foster || fetus

| fosterbarn || foster child

| fostre || foster, to rear

| fot || ½ alen = 12 tommer = 0.31 meter

| fra || from

| fraflytte || leave, move away

| fraværende || absent

| fredag || Friday

| fremmed || foreign, foreigner

| fremtid || future

| fru || Mrs.

| fruentimmer || unmarried mother, female person (derogatory)

| fruktsommelig || pregnant

| frøken || Miss

| full || full, complete, drunk

| fullgard || a farm which paid full tax. It is a taxation term from the middle ages and the 1600s

| fullmektig || head clerk, agent

| fylke || county

| fyr || lighthouse

| fæstebrev || to acquire land

| føderåd || support received after giving one's estate to another; same as follaug

| føderådskone || woman recieving support

| føderådsmann || man receiving support

| fødested || birthplace

| fødsel || birth

| fødselsattest || birth certificate

| fødselsdag || birthday

| født(e) || born (birth)

| følgende || following, next

| føllaug || retired

| før || before

| første || first

| førstebygsel || rent paid at the time of renting a farm

| førti || forty

| førtiende || fortieth