Norwegian Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

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| bakbygning  

| back building (additional residence behind the main building)  

| betale  

| pay  

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| betler  

| fire  

   

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| brennevinsbrenner  

| forpakter  

| manager of estate  

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| forrige  

| gjeld  

| debt  

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| gjenlevende  

| survivors  

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| gjennom  

| through  

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| gjestgiver  

| innkeeper  

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| gjet, gjeit  

| goat  

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| gjeter  

| herdsman  

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| gjørtler  

| brazier, brass smith  

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| god  

| good  

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| gods  

| estate  

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| godseier  

| estate owner  

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|gotisk skrift

|Gothic script was the handwriting which was used in Norway from the 1200s to the last of the nineteenth century

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| gratis  

| free  

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| grav  

| grave  

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| graver  

| gravedigger, sexton  

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| gravlund  

| cemetery  

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| gravsted  

| burial place  

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| gren  

| branch  

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| grenader  

| infantryman  

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| grense  

| boundary, border  

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| greve  

| Count (nobility)  

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| grevinne  

| Countess  

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| grunn  

| ground, reason  

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| gruve  

| mine, pit  

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| gruvearbeider  

| miner  

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| grønn  

| green  

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| gudfar  

| godfather  

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| gudmor  

| godmother  

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| gull  

| gold  

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| gulsot  

| jaundice  

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| gulv  

| floor  

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| gutt  

| boy  

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| gå  

| go, walk  

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| gård  

| farm; the entity which was designated with a name. From the 1800’s it was also designated with a farm number. One farm could be subdivided into several parcels called bruk.

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| gårdbruker  

| farmer  

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| gårdeier  

| ha  

| to have  

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| hadde  

| had  

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| halshugget  

| decapitated  

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| halv  

| half  

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| halvbror  

| half brother  

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|Halvgård

|a farm which paid ½ of the full tax

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| halvsøster  

| half sister  

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| ham  

| him  

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| han  

| he  

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| handelsmann  

| hjul  

| wheel  

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| hjulmaker  

| wheelwright  

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| holde  

| hold, stop  

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| horeri  

| adultery  

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| hos  

| with, at  

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| hoste  

| cough  

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| hovedliste  

| census list  

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|hud

|a measure of debt which was used until 1838, but sometimes longer. 1 hud = 4 geitskinn = 12 engelsk. Originally used for payment of land taxes.

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| hun  

| she  

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| hundre(de)  

| hundred (hundredth)  

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| hus  

| house  

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| husar  

| hussar, cavalryman  

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| husbonde  

| head of household  

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| husholderske  

| housekeeper  

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| husmann  

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|husmannsplass

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| husmor  

| housewife  

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| hustru  

| wife  

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| hva  

| what  

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| hvem  

| who  

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| hver  

| every  

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| hvilken  

| which  

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| hvis  

| if, whose  

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| hvit  

| white  

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| hvor  

| where  

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| hvordan  

| how  

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| hvorfor  

| why  

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| hvorvidt  

| whether  

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| høsten  

| in the fall  

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| høy  

| tall, high, hay  

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| høyre  

| right (side)  

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| håndarbeide  

| handwork  

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| håndtering  

| occupation  

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| håndverk  

| trade, handicraft  

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| januar  

| January  

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| jeg  

| I  

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| jeger  

| light infantry soldier, hunter  

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| jomfru  

| damsel, Miss, virgin  

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| jordbruk  

| farming  

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| jordet  

| burial  

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| jordmor  

| midwife  

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| jordpåkastelse  

| ceremony of sprinkling earth on the coffin  

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| jul  

| Christmas  

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| juli  

| July  

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| juni  

| June  

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| jurist  

| lawyer  

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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  

| named  

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| kanskje  

| maybe, perhaps  

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| karet  

| coach  

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| kart  

| map  

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| katolsk  

| Catholic  

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| kavaleri  

| cavalry  

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| kemmer  

| peddler  

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| kikhoste  

| whooping cough  

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| kirke  

| church  

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| kirkebok  

| 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  

| 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  

| church warden  

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| kiste  

| chest, coffin  

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| kjent  

| known  

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| kjønn  

| sex  

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| kjøpe  

| buy  

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| kjøpmann  

| merchant  

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|kledning

| klokker  

| sexton, parish clerk, bell ringer, deacon  

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| kloster  

| convent, monastery  

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| kokarde  

| insignia  

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| kolikk  

| colic  

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| kommune  

| municipality, township  

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| kone  

| wife  

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| konfirmasjon  

| confirmation  

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| konge  

| king  

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| kongedømme  

| kingdom  

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| kongelig  

| royal  

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| kontor  

| office  

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| kopper  

| smallpox, copper  

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|koppskatt

| kort  

| short, card  

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| kort register  

| card index  

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| krampe  

| convulsions, spasm  

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| kreft  

| cancer  

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| krig  

| war  

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|krongods

|land which belonged to the crown or state

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| ku  

| cow  

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| kun  

| only  

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| kunngjøre  

| declare  

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| kunnskap  

| knowledge  

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| kusine  

| cousin (female)  

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| kusk  

| coachman, teamster  

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| kveg  

| cattle  

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| kvele  

| choke  

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| kvell  

| evening  

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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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| kvinne  

| woman  

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| kvinnekjønn  

| female  

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| kyllinger  

| chickens  

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| kår  

| support received after giving one’s estate to another  

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| kårkone  

| woman who receives kår  

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| kårmann  

| man who receives  

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| la  

| let, allow  

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|lagmann

|judge at the high court which was an appeals court over the local court

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| lagrettemann  

| farmer who after taking an oath could function as judges or witnesses

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| land  

| country  

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| landsby  

| village  

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| langfredag  

| Good Friday  

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|landskyld

|yearly rent which the renter paid to the land owner

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| laugverge  

| widow’s guardian or spokesman  

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|ledstø

|a stone boundary marker between two outer markers

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| legd  

| A group of farms which together were responsible for a portion of the community obligations such as taxes, providing soldiers, or taking care of the poor.

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| legdslem  

| welfare recipient  

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|leidang

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| leie  

| hire, rent  

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| leier  

| tenant  

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| leilending  

| leaseholder; the person who rented land from the land owner

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| lejermål, leiermål

| unlawful and punishable sexual union outside of marriage  

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| lenge  

| long  

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| lensmann/lensherre

| sheriff ; nobleman who had received a district from the king

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|lensmannen

|lowest level official in the local administration

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| lese  

| read  

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| leve  

| live  

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| levende  

| live, living  

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| lignende  

| same, alike, similar  

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| lik  

| corpse, alike  

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| likeledes  

| also, as well  

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| lille  

| small  

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| lite (litt)  

| little  

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| liten  

| little, small  

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| liv  

| life  

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| los  

| pilot (ship)  

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| losjerende  

| boarder, lodger  

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| lov  

| law  

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| lovlig  

| legal  

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| lungebetendelse  

| pneumonia  

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| luteraner  

| Lutheran  

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| lysning  

| post banns  

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| lysninger  

| banns  

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| læregutt  

| apprentice  

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| lærer  

| teacher (male)  

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| lærerinne  

| teacher (female)  

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| lærling  

| apprentice  

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| løpenummer  

| serial number; the number given to a parcel of a farm. See more under Matrikkel.  

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| lørdag  

| Saturday  

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| løsaktig  

| loose or immoral woman  

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| løsarbeider  

| day laborer  

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| pinse  

| Pentecost  

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|plass

| skaberak  

| elaborate horse blanket  

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| skal  

| musician, fiddler  

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|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

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