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| bakom  
| bakom  
| behind
| behind
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| baneman
| slayer
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| baneslag
| death blow, mortal stroke
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| banesår
| death wound, mortal wound
|-
| bann
| excommunication
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| banna
| to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove
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| bannlysa
| to excommunicate
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|-
| baptist  
| baptist  
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| barnmorska  
| barnmorska  
| midwife
| midwife
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| barnmördare
| murderer of a child
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| barnpiga
| maid for children
|-
|-
| barnsbörd, barnsäng  
| barnsbörd, barnsäng  
| childbirth
| childbirth
|-
| barnsjuka
| children's disease
|-
| barnsnöd
| complication at childbirth
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| barnsäng
| childbirth
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| barnsängsfeber
| perpetual complications or sickness at birth
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|-
| befolkning  
| befolkning  
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| begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard  
| begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard  
| taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
| taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
|-
| benröta
| bone-rotting disease
|-
| benåd
| pardon
|-
|-
| benämd  
| benämd  
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| berg  
| berg  
| hill, mountain
| hill, mountain
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| bergfolk
| mountain people, highlanders
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|-
| bergslag  
| bergslag  
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| bliva  
| bliva  
| to become
| to become
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| blodsjuka
| blood disorder
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| blodslag
| cerebal stroke
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| blodstörtning
| severe or sudden bleeding
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|-
| blödning  
| blödning  
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| brorsson  
| brorsson  
| nephew, brother\'s son
| nephew, brother\'s son
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| brottfällig
| epileptic fits
|-
|-
| brud  
| brud  
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| bräcklighet  
| bräcklighet  
| frailty
| frailty
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| brännsjuka
| feber disease, literally a "burning disease"
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|-
| bröllop  
| bröllop  
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| bröstsjuka  
| bröstsjuka  
| chest illness, pneumonia
| chest illness, pneumonia
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| bröstkov
| shortness of breath
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| bröstkvav
| shortness of breath, can mean suffocation
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| bröstlidande
| chest disease
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| bröstpassion
| chest pain
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| bröstveda
| chest disease
|-
|-
| bröstvärk  
| bröstvärk  
| chest pain
| chest pain
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| bukbet
| abdominal pain
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| brukbrok
| umbilical hernia
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| bukrev
| constipation
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| bukvred
| intestinal blockage
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| by  
| by  
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| bägges barn  
| bägges barn  
| child of both parents
| child of both parents
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| bälgslag
| colic
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| böcker  
| böcker  
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=== References  ===
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FamilySearch. <u>Genealogical Word List, Swedish</u>. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>
 
Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889


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Swedish English
backe hill
backstugusittare one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller
bagare baker
bakom behind
baptist Baptist
bar carried
bara only
bar barnet carried or held the child (at baptism font)
barn child(ren)
barnbarn grandchild(ren)
barnbok preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
barnlös childless
barnmorska midwife
barnsbörd, barnsäng childbirth
befolkning population
begrava bury
begravning burial
begravningslängd burial record
begravningsplats cemetery
begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
benämd called
berg hill, mountain
bergslag mining district
bergsman miner
beskattning taxation
beskrivning description
besökare customs official (archaic), visitor (modern)
betjänt servant, civil servant
bettlare beggar
betyg certificate
bevaka protect
bevis certificate, proof, evidence
bevistat läsförhören present at household examination (clerical survey)
beväring conscript
beväringsman recruit
bilaga supplement, enclosure
biografi biography
biträde assistant

blind

blind
bliva to become
blödning bleeding
bo to live, home, estate
bok book
bokhållare bookkeeper
bonde farmer
borg castle, fortress
borgare citizen, burgher
borgmästare mayor
borta absent
bortgift married elsewhere
bostad domicile
boupptekning estate inventory, probate
bredvid next to
bro bridge
bror brother
brorsdotter niece, brother\'s daughter
brorsson nephew, brother\'s son
brud bride
brudfolk bridal couple
brudgum bridegroom
brudpar bridal couple
bruk foundry, mill, iron industry
brukare tenant farmer, leaseholder
bruksarbetare foundryman, mill hand, iron worker
bryggare brewer
bräcklighet frailty
bröllop wedding
bröstarvinge heir
bröstfeber pneumonia
bröstsjuka chest illness, pneumonia
bröstvärk chest pain
by village
bygd countryside, region, area
byggmästare contractor, builder
båda both
båtsman seaman, sailor
bägge both
bägges barn child of both parents
böcker books
böld abscess, boil
böter fee, fine
bötfälld fined

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