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<br>Encyclopedias may provide information on all branches of knowledge or may treat a specific topic comprehensively, usually in articles arranged alphabetically. They often contain information of great interest for genealogical research, including articles about places, prominent people, minorities, and religions. They can give information about diverse topics such as record-keeping practices, laws, customs, commerce, costumes, occupations, and archaic terminology. | <br>Encyclopedias may provide information on all branches of knowledge or may treat a specific topic comprehensively, usually in articles arranged alphabetically. They often contain information of great interest for genealogical research, including articles about places, prominent people, minorities, and religions. They can give information about diverse topics such as record-keeping practices, laws, customs, commerce, costumes, occupations, and archaic terminology. | ||
See the [[Norway Word List|Norwegian-English list]] of genealogical words. A Norwegian-English dictionary can also aid you in your research. You can find dictionaries, and similar language aids at many research libraries. | |||
A useful dictionary is: | |||
''Cappelens Store Engelsk Norsk Ordbok and Kunnskapsforlaget Aschehoug - Gyldendal's norsk engelsk ordbok by W.A. Kirkeby (Cappelens Large English Norwegian Dictionary and Kunnskapsforlaget Aschehoug - Gyldendal's Norwegian English Dictionary'' by W.A. Krikeby). Oslo, Norway: J.W. Cappelens Forlag, 1988 and Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1986. | |||
Another useful dictionary that is also on microfilm is: | |||
Scavenius, H. ''Gyldendals Ordbøker; Norsk-Engelsk og Engelsk-Norsk (Gyldendal's Dictionaries; Norwegian-English and English-Norwegian''), Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1945. (FHL film 1,224,705, item 4) | |||
Additional dictionaries can be found in the Place search of the catalog under: | |||
:NORWAY - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES | |||
and in the Subject search of the catalog under: | |||
:NORWEGIAN - LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES. | |||
Also see the "[[Norway Language and Languages|Language]]" section. | Also see the "[[Norway Language and Languages|Language]]" section. | ||
There is extensive information on Norway in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway Wikipedia] the online Wiki Encyclopedia. | There is extensive information on Norway in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway Wikipedia] the online Wiki Encyclopedia. | ||
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*Online English to Norwegian Dictionary: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/nor.html | *Online English to Norwegian Dictionary: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/nor.html | ||
*[http://www.hist.uib.no/kalkar/ Ordbog til det ældre danske sprog (1300-1700)] - online old Danish dictionary (can often be used alongside Norwegian) | *[http://www.hist.uib.no/kalkar/ Ordbog til det ældre danske sprog (1300-1700)] - online old Danish dictionary (can often be used alongside Norwegian) | ||