Norwegian Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

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| sa || said, stated

| sabbat || Sabbath

| sagskjærer || sawmill worker who cut with a handsaw

| sakefall || term for both fines and property confiscation of a condemned person which was paid to the authorities in the 1600’s

| sakrament || sacrament

| salig || deceased, holy, blessed

| salmaker || saddler

| samfunn || society

| samleie || intercourse

| samme || same

| samme dag || the same day

| sammen || together

| sammesteds || in the same place

| samtlige || all

| samtykke || consent

| sau || sheep

| seg || oneself

| seks || six

| seksten || sixteen

| sekstende || sixteenth

| seksti || sixty

| sekstiende || sixtieth

| selv || self

| selveier || owner, freeholder; farmer which owned his own land in contrast to one who rented land

| selvmord || suicide

| senere || later

| seng || bed

| sengeliggende || bedridden

| separeret || separated

| september || September

| side || page, side

| sidehus || side house

| siden || since, later

| sin, sitt, sine || his, hers, its

| sinnsvak || insane, retarded

| sinnsyk || mentally ill

| siste || last, latter

| siste olje || last rites

| sjette || sixth

| sju (syv) || seven

| sjuende (syvende) || seventh

| sjø || sea, lake

| sjømann || sailor, seaman

| skaberak || elaborate horse blanket

| skaffe || produce

| skal || shall, must

| skarlagensfeber || scarlet fever

| skatt || tax

| skibsfører || ship’s captain

| skifte || probate

| skifteprotokoll || probate record book

| skifteretten || probate court

| skilling || currency like 1/96 of a daler until 1816, later 1/120 speciedaler

| skilsmisse || divorce

| skilt || divorced

| skiløper || infantry soldier on skis, skier

| skinn || calf skin. In about 1200 each farm paid the tax of one calf skin. In 1661 this tax was combined with Biskops- and Olavstax and then was revised to be assessed by the size of the farm so that the tax value varied between 1 and 3 skins per farm

| skipreide || administrative unit originally tied to leidangsvesenet. In the middle ages it was revised to be a district which paid rent to the crown. Later used as designation of jurisdiction, see tinglag

| skjedde || happened

| skjøte || deed (property)

| skog || forest

| skole || school

| skomaker || shoemaker

| skoskatt || personal tax in 1711 of all who had shoes

| skredder || tailor

| skriver || scribe

| skulle || should

| skyld/landskyld || yearly rent the lessee should pay to the landowner. In older times it was at the same time a set measurement for the property at purchase, sale, or probate. From the 1600’s the tax was aligned with the debt. All independent farms were taxed, whether it was rented or self-owned

| skylddaler || 1 skylddaler = 5 ort = 120 skilling

| skylddeling || division of the debt when a farm was subdivided

| skyssplikt || the farmers had the obligation to take care of the horse and horseman for travelers

| skysskaffer || person who had the assignment to obtain a horse and horseman for travelers

| slag || strike, blow, stroke

| slakter || butcher

| slekt || relatives, family, lineage

| slektninger || relatives

| slektsforskning || genealogy

| slektshistorie || family history, lineage books

| slektsvåpen || coat of arms

| slå ihjel || kill

| smed || smith

| snart || soon

| snekker || cabinetmaker, carpenter

| sogn || parish

| soldat || soldier

| sorenskriver || magistrate, probate judge; the office of sorenskriver was created by royal proclamation 31 July 1591. The sorenskriver was to be the secretary of the local court. But by the early 1600’s he had progressed to be the judge at the local court and after a time he became the sole judge. He also had obligations as a probate manager, auction manager, court attendant, notary public, etc.

| sort || black

| spebarn || infant, baby

| spillemann || musician, fiddler

| speciedaler (spd) || main currency in Norway 1816-1875. 1 speciedaler = 5 ort = 120 skilling. With the switch to the crown (krone) in 1875 a speciedaler was to equal 4 crowns

| stabbur || storehouse on pillars

| stamtavle || descendancy chart

| stand || social position

| stebarn || stepchild

| stebror || stepbrother

| sted || place

| stedatter || stepdaughter

| stefar || stepfather

| steinhogger || stonecutter

| stemor || stepmother

| stervbo || the deceased’s dwelling (from the german “sterben”)

| stesønn || stepson

| stilling || status, position, office

| stor || large

| straff || punishment

| straks || right away, immediately

| strandsitter || husmann who lived on the seacoast

| stum || mute (can’t speak)

| summa (Latin) || totals

| summarisk || statistical, summary

| svak || weak

| svakhet || weakness

| svart || black

| svenn || journeyman

| svensk || Swedish

| Sverige || Sweden

| svigerdatter || daughter-in-law

| svigerfar || father-in-law

| svigerinne || sister-in-law

| svigermor || mother-in-law

| svigersønn || son-in-law

| svoger || brother-in-law

| svulst || tumor

| syd || south

| sydlig || southern

| syerske || seamstress

| syk || sick

| sykdom || disease

| sypike || seamstress

| sytten || seventeen

| syttende || seventeenth

| sytti || seventy

| syttiende || seventieth

| syv (sju) || seven

| syvende (sjuende) || seventh

| sølv || silver

| søndag || Sunday

| sønn || son

| sønnedatter || son’s daughter

| sønnesøn || son’s son

| sør || south

| søsken || siblings

| søster || sister

| søstersønn || sister’s son

| så || saw (see), so, if so, sow (seed)

| sådan || such