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| bolig || residence, house | | bolig || residence, house | ||
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| bonde || | | bonde || peasant | ||
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| bondefoged || peasant bailiff. When the bailiff and subbailiff (ridefoged and ladefoged) wanted corvee labor done, they would notify the bondefoged. He then notified the other commoners and asssembled them up on the appointed days. He also provided information about the commoner's lives to the estate and helped assess probate inventories. For these services, he himself was exempt from corvee | |||
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| bopæl || residence, home, domicile | | bopæl || residence, home, domicile | ||
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| defunctus est (Latin) || he died | | defunctus est (Latin) || he died | ||
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| degn || parish clerk, deacon | | degn || parish clerk, deacon. The clerk technically lived on the estate but did not perform corvee labor. Instead he was supported by the peasants contributing 1/90 of their crop to him in addition to the traditional 1/10 paid in tithing. Essentially this means that 1/9t of the peasant's surplus went to the church. | ||
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| degnen || the parish clerk, deacon | | degnen || the parish clerk, deacon | ||
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| fortælle || tell | | fortælle || tell | ||
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| forvalter || | | forvalter || Steward. The estate's steward held the highest rank of all the estate's employees and reported directly to the nobleman. His job was the make sure the estate yielded the largest profit possible. | ||
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| forældre || parents | | forældre || parents | ||
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| god || good | | god || good | ||
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| gods || estate | |||
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| godsejer || estate owner | | godsejer || estate owner | ||
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| husholderske || housekeeper | | husholderske || housekeeper | ||
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| husmand || cottager | | husmand || cottager. This is someone who either has a house and no land of significance or a small plot (husband med jord) which is not large enough to support a family | ||
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| husmand med Jord || cottager with land | | husmand med Jord || A cottager with a small plot of land | ||
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| husmoder, huusmoder || wife, homemaker | | husmoder, huusmoder || wife, homemaker | ||
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| lade, lod || permit, let, allow to | | lade, lod || permit, let, allow to | ||
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| ladefoged || an employee | | ladefoged || Subbailiff. This was an estate employee, typically in charge of <br>buildings, tools, etc.; and was subordinate to the bailiff (ridefoged) <br>and also participated in the management of the field work. Essentially he was the one who made sure the workers did not slack off and whipped them if necessary | ||
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| land boelsmand || tenant farmer | | land boelsmand || tenant farmer | ||
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| skovarbejder || woodman, lumberjack | | skovarbejder || woodman, lumberjack | ||
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| skovfoged || forester, forest ranger | | skovfoged || forester, forest ranger on an estate. Reports to the head forester (ridefoged). | ||
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| skovridere || head forester, forest ranger | | skovridere || head forester, forest ranger | ||