Norwegian Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

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|kakkelovn
|from the 1700s a somewhat misued term for an iron stove. Actually it is a heating stove lined with tile
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|kalemank
|wool, often used to make vests and trousers
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| kallet  
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| parish register  
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|kirkegods
|land which was reserved for the clergy or which was owned by local or central religious institutions
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| kirkegård  
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| cemetery, churchyard  
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|kirkeverger
|a couple of farmers in each parish which should control or supervise the local church estate
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| kirkeværge  
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| merchant  
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|kledning
|usual description of a man's clothing consisting of trousers, undershirt, and tunic
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| klokker  
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| smallpox, copper  
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|koppskatt
|person tax
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| kort  
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|krongods
|land which belonged to the crown or state
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| ku  
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|kvern
|a machine which would mill grain often called a bekkekvern (brook mill). A water wheel was used to turn the mill. If the brook was suitable 3 or 4 mills could be built. There were also smaller hand mills
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