Swedish Genealogical Word List
This list contains Swedish words with their English translations. The words included here are those that you are likely to find in genealogical sources. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary. (See the "Additional Resources" section below.)
Swedish is a Germanic language, as are Norwegian, Danish, and Icelandic. Most differences between modern and old Swedish are simply a matter of spelling. Carefully study the Spelling section in "Language Characteristics" below. This will help you find the words in this list.
Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. The Swedish language was used in official records of Finland until the end of the 1800s.
Language Characteristics
Variant Forms of Words
In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. Who—whose—whom or marry—marries— married are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks in different forms of the same word. Note the following examples:
man mannen män männen |
man the man men the men |
yrke yrket yrken yrkena |
profession the profession professions the professions |
Alphabetical Order
Written Swedish has three letters not found in English: Å (å), Ä (ä), and Ö (ö). Alphabetically, these letters come after z. Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog, and this word list use the following alphabetical order:
- a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z å ä ö
Spelling
Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common:
ä i j k t v tj sk s |
used for used for used for used for used for used for used for used for used for |
e j g, gj, hj, lj, dj ck, ch, g, gg, c, q d, th, tt hv, fv, ffv, f, w k, kj, ch skj, sch, sj, stj ss, c, z |
Examples:
änka mjölnare kärr |
spelled as spelled as spelled as |
enka miölnare tjärr |
Additional Resources
This word list includes only words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the Family History Library. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.
The following dictionary is also available on microfilm for use in Family History Centers:
- Ernolv, Carl. Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. (FHL film 1,124,531 item 12).
- Björkman, C.G. Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. (FHL film 1,224,734). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906.
Additional dictionaries are listed in the Subject Search of the Family History Library Catalog under SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES or in the Place Search under SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES.
Key Words
To find and use specific types of Swedish records, you will need to know some key words in Swedish. This section lists key genealogical terms in English and the Swedish words with the same or similar meanings.
For example, in the first column you will find the English word marriage. In the second column you will find Swedish words with meanings such as marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,and other words used in Swedish records to indicate marriage.
English banns birth burial child christening clerical survey confirmation death father female household, examination roll husband index male marriage military mother moving in moving out name, given name, surname parents parish probate wife year |
Swedish lysning födda, födde, född, födelse begravning barn döpta, döpte, döpt, döpelse, dop husförhörslängd konfirmation döda, döde, död, avliden, avsomna far, fader kvinnkjön, kvinna husförhörslängd, förhör man, make register mankjön, man vigda, vigde, vigd, vigsel, gift, gifte, giftermål, bröllop, brudfolk militär, soldat mor, moder inflyttning utflyttning förnamn efternamn föräldrar socken, församling, kommun boupptekning hustru, maka år |
Numbers
In Swedish genealogical sources numbers are occasionally written out. The following list gives the cardinal (1, 2, 3) and the ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3rd) versions of each number.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 1000 |
Cardinal noll en, ett två tre fyra fem sex sju åtta nio tio elva tolv tretton fjorton femton sexton sjutton aderton, arton nitton tjugo tjugoen/ett tjugotvå tjugotre tjugofyra tjugofem tjugosex tjugosju tjugoåtta tjugonio trettio trettioen/ett fyrtio femtio sextio sjuttio åttio nittio ett/en hundra två hundra ett/en tusen |
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 40th 50th 60th 70th 80th 90th 100th 200th 1000th |
Ordinal första andra tredje fjärde femte sjätte sjunde åttonde nionde tionde elfte tolfte trettonde fjortonde femtonde sextonde sjuttonde adertonde nittonde tjugonde tjugoförsta tjugoandra tjugotredje tjugofjärde tjugofemte tjugosjätte tjugosjunde tjugoåttonde tjugonionde trettionde trettioförsta fyrtionde femtionde sextionde sjuttionde åttionde nittionde en/ett hundrade två hundrade en/ett tusende |
Dates and Time
Months
English January February March April May June July August September October November December |
Swedish januari februari mars april maj juni juli augusti september oktober november december |
Days of the Week
English Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday |
Swedish söndag måndag tisdag onsdag torsdag fredag lördag |
General Word List
This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections that follow this list.
In this list, optional versions of Swedish words or variable endings are given in parentheses. Parentheses in the English column clarify the definition.
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A
adel adelsman aderton(de) adlig adopterad adress adressbok afton aldrig alla, allt alltid andra andtäppa anfall angiven ankom anmärkningar annan antavla april arbetare arkiv arrendator arton arv arvinge arvskifte att attest augusti av avgift avgång avgått avgått med döden avliden avskedad avsomna |
nobility nobleman eighteen (eighteenth) noble adopted address directory evening never all always second, others shortness of breath, asthma seizure(s) given, stated came, arrived remarks, annotations other pedigree chart April worker, laborer archive tenant farmer, leaseholder eighteen inheritance heir distribution of an inherited estate that (know that he died) certificate August of fee departure moved died (departed through death) deceased, death discharged, resigned die, death |
B
backe backstugusittare bagare bakom baptist bar bara bar barnet barn barnbarn barnbok barnlös barnmorska barnsbörd, barnsäng befolkning begrava begravning begravningsplats begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard benämd berg bergslag bergsman beskattning beskrivning besökare betjänt bettlare betyg bevaka bevis bevistat läsförhören beväring beväringsman bilaga biografi blind bliva blödning bo bok bokhållare bonde borg borgare borgmästare borta bortgift bostad boupptekning bredvid bro bror brorsdotter brorsson brud brudfolk brudgum brudpar bruk brukare bruksarbetare bryggare bräcklighet bröllop bröstarvinge bröstfeber bröstsjuka bröstvärk by bygd byggmästare båda båtsman bägge bägges barn böcker böld böter bötfälld |
hill one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller baker behind Baptist carried only carried or held the child (at baptism font) child(ren) grandchild(ren) preconfirmation roll (in Finland) childless midwife childbirth population bury burial cemetery taken the Lord's Holy Communion called hill, mountain mining district miner taxation description customs official (archaic), visitor (modern) servant, civil servant beggar certificate protect certificate, proof, evidence present at household examination (clerical survey) conscript recruit supplement, enclosure biography blind to become bleeding to live, home, estate book bookkeeper farmer castle, fortress citizen, burgher mayor absent married elsewhere domicile estate inventory, probate next to bridge brother niece, brother's daughter nephew, brother's son bride bridal couple bridegroom bridal couple foundry, mill, iron industry tenant farmer, leaseholder foundryman, mill hand, iron worker brewer frailty wedding heir pneumonia chest illness, pneumonia chest pain village countryside, region, area contractor, builder both seaman, sailor both child of both parents books abscess, boil fee, fine fined |
C
circa (ca.) (Latin) civilregistret coopvaerdi |
about, approximately civil registrar merchant marine |
D
dag dagkarl dal Danmark danneman dansk datum de december de där de här deja demoiselle den den där den här deras dess det det där det här diarre difteri dom domare dombok domsaga dop doplängd dopnamn dotter dragon drunknad dräng duplikat dygn då där därstädes död, döda, döde dödbok dödfödd dödslista dödsorsak död utan bröstarvinge döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse dött döv |
day day laborer valley Denmark farmer, gentleman Danish date they December those these maidservant, milkmaid Miss the, it that this their his, her, its the, it that this diarrhea diphtheria sentence, judgment judge court record judicial district baptism, christening record of baptisms given name daughter light cavalryman drowned farmhand, bachelor duplicate record 24 hours, day then there (of) that place dead, death death record stillborn death record cause of death died without issue christening has died deaf |
E
efter efterkommande eftermiddag efternamn efter sig lämnat egendom ej eldsvåda elfte eller elva emigrerade en, ett en/ett hundra(de) en/ett tusen(de) enligt ett, en evangelisk |
after descendant(s) afternoon surname left behind, survived by property not extensive fire eleventh or eleven emigrated a, one one hundred (one-hundredth) one thousand (one-thousandth) according to a, one evangelical |
F
fabrik fabriksarbetare fadder fader falla fallande sot familj far farbror farfar farmor fasta faster fattig fattighjon fattighus f. d. (före detta) feber feberfrossa februari fem(te) femtio(nde) femton(de) finländare, finne finsk fiskare fjol (i fjol) fjorton(de) fjärde fjärdingsman flicka flicknamn flytta flyttningsbetyg fogde folio fortsättning (forts.) fosterbarn fosterland framför fredag frejd friherre frossa fru från frånskild frälse frälsegård, frälsehemman främmande fröken fylleri fyra fyrtio(nde) fältfeber fältskär fältväbel fästekvinna fästman fästmö fästning född, födda, födde, födelse föddes födelsebok födelsedag födelselängd födelseort följande för fördelsman före föregående förelyst förening förfäder förgiftad förhör förklara förlossning förlovad förlovning förmiddag förmyndare förnamn förra giftet förre, (den) förrätta församling församlingsbok första första gången förstoppning försvarslös förteckning föräldralös föräldrar |
factory, mill factory worker christening witness, godparent father fall, to be killed in war epilepsy family father paternal uncle paternal grandfather paternal grandmother fast, Lent paternal aunt poor pauper poorhouse former(ly) fever malaria February five (fifth) fifty (fiftieth) fifteen (fifteenth) Finn Finnish fisherman last year fourteen (fourteenth) fourth parish constable girl maiden name move certificate of moving sheriff, bailiff, warden page continued foster child native land, fatherland in front of Friday a person's character, conduct baron malaria Mrs. from divorced nobility tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax) foreign, strange, belonging to another parish Miss drunkenness four forty (fortieth) typhoid fever assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon sergeant major fiancée (female) fiancé (male) fiancée (female) fortress born, birth was born birth record birthday birth record place of birth following, next for person receiving support after giving his estate to another before previous, preceding banns (in Finland) society forefathers poisoned household examination declared, explained birth engaged engagement morning, forenoon guardian given name previous marriage former perform parish, congregation clerical survey first first time constipation unemployed person, vagrant list orphan parents |
G
gamla gamla boken (G.B.) gammal garvare gata genast genealogi genom gesäll gift gifta sig gifte giftermål giftoman gikt god gosse granne gratialist grav grekisk katolsk grenadjär greve gruva gräns gudfader gudmoder gulsot gång gård gåvor gäll (gäld) gästgivare gördelmakare |
old old book, previous clerical survey old tanner street right away, immediately genealogy through journeyman married to marry marriage marriage ceremony bride's sponsor gout good boy neighbor receiving a pension or cash from some special fund grave Eastern Orthodox infantryman count (title of nobility) mine boundary line, border godfather godmother jaundice time farm, house donations clerical district innkeeper brazier |
H
halv- halvsyskon hammarsmed han handelsman handskmakare hans hantverkare hattmakare hava havande hederlig helig hem hemma hemman hemmansbrukare hemmansägare hemort hemvist henne heraldik herr Herren herrgård hetsig feber hinderlös hinderlöshetsbetyg historia hittebarn hjon hjulmakare hjärnblödning hjärtslag hon honom hos hosta hovrätt hur hus husar husbonde husfader husfolk husförhör, husförhörslängd husman husmoder hustru hyresgäst håll och stygn här härad häradsrätt härstädes hög höger höst |
half-, step- half siblings forging smith he merchant glove maker his artisan hatmaker to have pregnant honorable, honest holy home at home farm, homestead farmer farmer, homeowner residence domicile her heraldry Mr. Lord manorial estate inflammatory fever free, unhindered (to travel, marry) certificate of being unhindered history foundling pauper, person receiving social assistance wheelwright stroke, cerebral hemorrhage cardiac arrest she him at, in, with cough circuit court of appeal how house light cavalryman farmer head of household, father farmers, farm people clerical survey, household examination farm laborer (owned house but not land) female head of household, mother wife lodger pneumonia here civil district within a county district court here, at given location high right autumn |
I
i icke i dag i fjol ifrån i går i morgon inflyttning ingen inget inhyses innehåll innevarande invandrare invandring |
in not today last year from yesterday tomorrow incoming, moving in no, no one, none nothing, none lodger, tenant contents current immigrant immigration |
J
januari jord jordbrukare jordebok jordegumma jordfästning jude judisk jul juli jungfru juni jägare jägmästare |
January earth, soil, land farmer land record midwife funeral, burial service Jew Jewish Christmas July Miss, maiden, virgin June hunter forester |
K
kallad kammarskrivare kapellförsamling kaplan karl karta katalog katekismilängd katolsk kavallerist kikhosta klensmed kommunionbok klockare kofferdi kolare kolera kolik kommen ifrån komminister kommun kommunikant konfirmation kontrahenterna kontrakt konung, kung kopparslagare koppor kramp krigsarkiv kristendomskunskap kristnad krono- kronohemman krukmakare kräfta kung, konung kungarike kunglig kusin kvarlåtenskap kvarn kvarter kvinna, kvinnkjön kväll kvävning kyrka kyrkobok kyrkoby kyrkogång kyrkogård kyrkoherde kyrkosocken kyrkotagen kyrkovaktare kyrkovärd käresta kön köping köpman körsnär |
called, named assistant clerk chapelry, dependent branch of a parish assistant minister man, male map directory, catalog communion record Catholic cavalryman whooping cough toolmaker, locksmith communion book parish clerk merchant marine charcoal burner cholera colic came from assistant minister township, municipality, parish person receiving communion confirmation marriage applicants deanery (clerical district) king coppersmith smallpox convulsions war archive, military archive religious knowledge christened, baptized belonging to the crown (government) farm owned by the crown (government) potter cancer king kingdom royal cousin possessions left after death mill block, quarter woman, female evening suffocation church parish register village in which the parish church is located introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth churchyard, cemetery parish minister ecclesiastical parish introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth church officer church or parish warden loved one, wife sex, gender small town merchant furrier |
L
lag laga år kommen land landsarkiv landsförsamling landskap lapp ledig leva levande lik lilla liten lots lucka lunginflammation lungsot luteran, lutersk lysning lyst låg lägersmål lägrad kvinna lägre läkare län längd länsman lärare lärling lönskaläge löpande lördag lösdrivare |
law of legal age land, country provincial archive rural parish of a city province Lapp unmarried, free to live living corpse little, small little, small sea pilot gap (missing records) pneumonia consumption, tuberculosis Lutheran banns posted banns low illicit relations woman who has had illicit relations lower doctor county roll, record, book sheriff teacher apprentice illicit relations between unmarried persons current Saturday vagrant |
M
magref magsjukdom magvärk maj maka makarnas gemensamma barn make mamsell man, mankjön mantal mantalskriven mantalslängd marknad mars maskinist matros med medborgare medlem mellan men middag midnatt militär minderårig mindre ministerialbok minut mjölnare moder, mor morbror morfar morgon morgongåva mormor mosaisk moster mot murare mycket myndig måg målsman månad måndag mässling mästare mördad |
colic stomach disease stomachache May wife child(ren) a couple had together husband Miss man, male, husband assessed unit of land registered for tax/census purposes tax/census record market, fair March machinist, engineer sailor, seaman with citizen member between but noon midnight military underage lesser, smaller parish register minute miller mother maternal uncle maternal grandfather morning morning gift, dowry maternal grandmother Jewish maternal aunt against, toward mason very, much of legal age son-in-law guardian month Monday measles master murdered |
N
namn natt nattvard nedan(för) nedkomst nedre nervfeber nio(nde) nittio(nde) nitton(de) noll nord Norge norr(a) norsk november nu nummer ny(a) nya boken (N.B.) nybyggare nyfödd nytt någon något nämdeman när nära närvarande närvaro nöddop |
name night communion below birth lower typhoid fever nine (ninth) ninety (nintieth) nineteen (nineteenth) zero north Norway north, northern Norwegian November now number new new book, next clerical survey settler newborn new someone, anyone something, somewhat juryman when near present presence emergency baptism |
O
oangiven obefintliga och också odaterad odöpt ofta ofärdig ogift oktober okänd olycka om omkommen omkring omvändelse omyndig onsdag ordbok orsak ort ortförteckning ortodox otidigt sängelag ovan, ovanför oäkta |
not given persons whose residence is not known and also not dated not christened often lame, crippled unmarried October unknown accident, misfortune if, about died accidentally, drowned about conversion minor Wednesday dictionary cause, reason place locality list, gazetteer (Eastern) Orthodox conceived before marriage above illegitimate (child) |
P
pastor pastorat pastorsexpedition pest piga pilt(ebarn) pingst pliktad pojke profoss prost prosteri präst prästgård på påsk påssjuka |
parish minister parish parish office plague maid, maiden, servant girl boy, male child Pentecost, Whitsunday fined boy flogmaster (military) dean deanery minister parsonage on, upon, at (some place), in (about time) Easter mumps |
R
regemente register repslagare Riddarhuset rike riksarkiv rote rotehjon rotesoldat rulla rusthåll rusthållare rymt, rymd rysk, ryss Ryssland ryttare rådhusrätt rådman rådstu(gu)rätt räkenskapslängd rätt rättare rödsot |
regiment register, index rope maker house of nobility state, realm national archives, state archives district within a parish person supported by a parish district soldier for a district in a parish record, roll farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier runaway Russian Russia cavalryman city court councilman city court records of accounts court, right, correct farm foreman dysentery |
S
sakna(s) salig samhälle samma sammanavla samma städes samt samtycke scharlakansfeber sedan sekel senare, (den) sent september sex sexman sextio(nde) sexton(de) sida sig sin, sitt, sina sinnessvag sju sjuk sjukdom sjunde sjuttio(nde) sjutton(de) självmord sjätte sjö sjöman skarprättare skarpskytt skatt skattehemman skeppare skilsmässa skog skogvaktare skola skollärare skomakare skrud skräddare slag(anfall) slagsmål slaktare slot slut släkt släktbok släktforskning släkting släktled smed smittkoppor små (plural) snatteri snickare socken soldat som sommar son sondotter sonhustru sonson spannmålstorpare spinnare spridda år stad stadsarkiv stadsförsamling stamfader stamtavla statare, statdräng stattorpare stenhuggare stift stor, stort, stora straff straffarbete strax stuga stum stupa styrman styv- styvson stånd ståndsperson stärbhus stöld svaghet svagsint sven svensk Sverige svullnad svulst svåger svägerska svärfar svärmor svärson syd syskon syskonbarn syssling syster systerdotter systerson syting såg sågställare säteri söder (södra) söndag |
miss, missing the deceased, blessed community (the) same beget, conceive (of) the same place and, together with permission, consent (to) scarlet fever since century later, the latter late September six parish caretaker sixty (sixtieth) sixteen (sixteenth) page himself, herself, itself his, her, its (own) feebleminded seven sick sickness seventh seventy (seventieth) seventeen (seventeenth) suicide sixth lake sailor, seaman executioner, hangman sharpshooter tax farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government) skipper divorce forest forester school schoolteacher shoemaker gown (bridal) tailor stroke fight meat cutter, butcher castle end family, clan lineage book genealogy relative generation blacksmith smallpox little, small pilfering carpenter parish soldier who, which, that summer son son's daughter, granddaughter son's wife, daughter-in-law son's son, grandson tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain spinner intermittent years city city archives city parish progenitor descendancy chart farm laborer farm laborer, usually married stonecutter diocese large, big, great punishment hard labor right away, immediately cottage, house dumb, mute to be killed in war mate, on ship step- stepson status, condition person of social standing death estate theft weakness, feebleness feebleminded young man, apprentice Swedish Sweden swelling, bloating tumor brother-in-law sister-in-law father-in-law mother-in-law son-in-law south siblings nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s) second cousin sister niece, sister's daughter nephew, sister's son person receiving support after giving his estate to another saw, sawmill saw setter freehold estate south (southern) Sunday |
T
testamente tid tidskrift tiggare till tillsammans tillstånd timma timmerman ting tingslag tio(nde) tionde tiondebok tisdag tjugo tjugoandra tjugoen, tjugoett tjugofem(te) tjugofjärde tjugofyra tjugoförsta tjugonde tjugonio (nde) tjugosex tjugosju(nde) tjugosjätte tjugotre tjugotredje tjugotvå tjugoåtta tjugoåttonde tjuv tjänar tjänare tjänst tolfte tolv torpare torsdag tre (tredje) trettio trettioen, trettioett trettioförsta trettionde tretton(de) trillingar trolovade trumslagare trädgårdsmästare tuberkulos tumör tunnbindare tvillingar tvinsot två två hundra(de) tyfus tysk Tyskland tärande sjukdom |
will time periodical beggar to together dispensation, permission hour carpenter, builder court judicial district, assize division ten (tenth) tenth, tithing tithing record Tuesday twenty twenty-second twenty-one twenty-five (twenty-fifth) twenty-fourth twenty-four twenty-first twentieth twenty-nine (twenty-ninth) twenty-six twenty-seven (twenty-seventh) twenty-sixth twenty-three twenty-third twenty-two twenty-eight twenty-eighth thief serves servant service, employment twelfth twelve crofter, cottager Thursday three (third) thirty thirty-one thirty-first thirtieth thirteen (thirteenth) triplets betrothed, engaged drummer gardener tuberculosis tumor barrelmaker twins withering from multiple causes two two hundred (two-hundredth) typhoid German Germany pneumonia, consumption |
U
undantag undantagsman kvinna under underskrift undertecknad ung ungkarl uppgavs utan utanför utdrag utesluten utflyttning utländsk utvandrare utvandring |
support after giving up an estate person receiving support after giving his estate to another under signature the undersigned young bachelor stated, given, declared without outside extract excommunicated moving out foreign emigrant emigration |
V
vad vagnmakare vaktmästare vallon vandel vapen var var vara varför vattenkoppor vattusot, vattensot vecka vem venerisk sjukdom verk vid vigd, vigda, vigde vigsel vigselbok vigsellängd vilja vilken, vilket, vilka vinter vittne volym våda vår välboren välfrejdad vänster värk värnplikt väster (västra) vävare |
what cartwright caretaker Walloon conduct, habits, way of life coat of arms, weapon each, everyone was, where to be why chicken pox edema, dropsy week who venereal disease factory, mill at, on, close to, by married marriage ceremony marriage book marriage record to want, will who, which, that winter witness volume accident our, spring of noble birth of good reputation left ache military service west (western) weaver |
Y
yngling yrke |
young man, boy profession, occupation |
Å
å å åbo ålder ålderdom år århundrade årlig årtionde åt återvänd åtta åttio(nde) åttonde |
at, on, to river tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease age old age year century annual, yearly decade to returned eight eighty (eightieth) eighth |
Ä
äga ägare ägor äkta äktenskap äldre äldste ämbete änka änkeman, änkling ännu är ärlig ätt |
own owner land, property legitimate marriage older, elder oldest, eldest, elder office widow widower yet, still are, is, am honest family |
Ö
ö öde öga öra öster (östra) över överlevande övre |
island vacant, fate eye ear east (eastern) over survivor(s) upper |