Norwegian Genealogical Word List

This Norwegian Word List contains Norwegian 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 Norwegian-English dictionary. (See "Additional Resources" below.)

Norwegian is a Germanic language like Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic. There are two official dialects in Norway. Prior to 1915 most Norwegian records are in a language closer to written Danish than to modern Norwegian. You may also want to refer to the Danish Genealogical Word List.

Records published after 1915, such as family and local histories, are in modern Norwegian. Most differences between modern and old Norwegian are simply a matter of spelling. Carefully study the section below on spelling. This will help you find the words in this list.

Language Characteristics
Variant Forms of Words

In Norwegian, 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. For example:

Alphabetical Order
Written Norwegian has three letters not found in the English alphabet: Æ (æ), Ø (ø), and Å (å). In most record sources prior to 1915, Å (å) is written as Aa (aa) and filed at the beginning of the alphabet. Modern Norwegian dictionaries, indexes, the Locality section of the FamilySearch Catalog, and this word list use the following alphabetical order:

A through Å
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A

 * absolvere
 * to give absolution
 * adel
 * nobility
 * adelig
 * noble
 * adelsmann
 * nobleman
 * adoptert
 * adopted
 * adresse
 * address
 * aften
 * evening
 * alder
 * age
 * alderdomssvakhet
 * weakness of old age
 * aldri
 * never
 * alen
 * 2 fot = 24 tommer = .63 meter
 * 
 * alle
 * all
 * alltid
 * always
 * almisse
 * charity
 * almisselem
 * indigent, poor
 * altergang
 * Communion
 * amt
 * county
 * amtmann
 * chief county administrator
 * andre
 * others, other, next
 * anetavle
 * pedigree chart
 * anfall
 * seizure, attack
 * anførte
 * entered, mentioned
 * ankomst
 * arrival
 * anmerkning
 * remark, notice, note
 * annen, annet
 * second, another
 * annen gang
 * second time
 * anno (Latin)
 * year
 * annonsere
 * publish, announce
 * antall
 * number, count
 * april
 * April
 * arbeider
 * laborer
 * arkiv
 * archive
 * arv
 * inheritance
 * arvelodd
 * share of inheritance
 * arving
 * heir
 * astma
 * asthma
 * at
 * that
 * atten
 * eighteen
 * attende
 * eighteenth
 * attest
 * certificate
 * august
 * August
 * auksjonsskjøte
 * A deed of conveyannce by the auction agent (sorenskriveren) to the new owner by official auction.
 * av
 * of, at, by, from
 * avdeling
 * part, division
 * avdød
 * deceased
 * avgangen
 * departed
 * avgift
 * duty (monetary), fee
 * avkom
 * offspring, issue
 * avtale
 * agreement
 * annen, annet
 * second, another
 * annen gang
 * second time
 * anno (Latin)
 * year
 * annonsere
 * publish, announce
 * antall
 * number, count
 * april
 * April
 * arbeider
 * laborer
 * arkiv
 * archive
 * arv
 * inheritance
 * arvelodd
 * share of inheritance
 * arving
 * heir
 * astma
 * asthma
 * at
 * that
 * atten
 * eighteen
 * attende
 * eighteenth
 * attest
 * certificate
 * august
 * August
 * auksjonsskjøte
 * A deed of conveyannce by the auction agent (sorenskriveren) to the new owner by official auction.
 * av
 * of, at, by, from
 * avdeling
 * part, division
 * avdød
 * deceased
 * avgangen
 * departed
 * avgift
 * duty (monetary), fee
 * avkom
 * offspring, issue
 * avtale
 * agreement
 * that
 * atten
 * eighteen
 * attende
 * eighteenth
 * attest
 * certificate
 * august
 * August
 * auksjonsskjøte
 * A deed of conveyannce by the auction agent (sorenskriveren) to the new owner by official auction.
 * av
 * of, at, by, from
 * avdeling
 * part, division
 * avdød
 * deceased
 * avgangen
 * departed
 * avgift
 * duty (monetary), fee
 * avkom
 * offspring, issue
 * avtale
 * agreement
 * avdeling
 * part, division
 * avdød
 * deceased
 * avgangen
 * departed
 * avgift
 * duty (monetary), fee
 * avkom
 * offspring, issue
 * avtale
 * agreement
 * avgift
 * duty (monetary), fee
 * avkom
 * offspring, issue
 * avtale
 * agreement
 * avkom
 * offspring, issue
 * avtale
 * agreement
 * avtale
 * agreement

B

 * bakbygning
 * back building (additional residence behind the main building)
 * baker
 * baker
 * bakke
 * hill
 * bannlyse
 * excommunicate
 * baptist
 * Baptist
 * bar
 * carried
 * bar barnet
 * held child (at baptism font)
 * bare
 * only
 * barn
 * child
 * barna
 * children
 * barndom
 * childhood
 * barnebarn
 * grandchild
 * barnedåp
 * child baptism
 * barnefar
 * child’s father
 * barnløs
 * childless
 * barsel
 * birth
 * barselfeber
 * childbed fever
 * barselseng
 * birthing bed
 * be
 * pray, request
 * beboer
 * occupant, resident
 * bededag
 * prayer day
 * bedrive hor
 * commit adultery
 * befolkning
 * population, people
 * begge
 * both
 * begivenhet
 * event, occurrence
 * begravelse
 * funeral, burial
 * begravet
 * buried
 * behandle
 * handle, treat, manage
 * bemerkning
 * remark
 * ben
 * leg, bone
 * benefisert gods
 * Land which the official has income from
 * benekte
 * deny
 * benåde
 * pardon
 * beruset
 * drunk
 * besetning
 * livestock, crew
 * beskrivelse
 * description
 * beslektet
 * related
 * bestefar
 * grandfather
 * besteforeldre
 * grandparents
 * bestemor
 * grandmother
 * besvangre
 * impregnate, get with child, make pregnant
 * betale
 * pay
 * betler
 * beggar
 * bevilge
 * grant
 * bevis
 * proof
 * bibliotek
 * library
 * bind
 * volume (book)
 * biografi
 * biography
 * biskop
 * bishop
 * bispedømme
 * diocese
 * bli
 * become
 * blikkenslager
 * tinsmith
 * blind
 * blind
 * blod
 * blood
 * blodgang
 * dysentery
 * blodskam
 * incest
 * blodsott
 * abnormal loss of blood during illness
 * bo
 * to live at
 * bodde
 * lived
 * bok
 * book
 * bokhandler
 * bookseller
 * bokholder, bokfører
 * bookkeeper
 * bokstav
 * letter, character
 * bolig
 * residence, house
 * bonde
 * farmer
 * bondegods
 * land which the farmers owned
 * bondelensmannen
 * lowest level in the local administration
 * bondesag/bygdesag
 * a sawmill that from 1688-1818 could only be used for the local market
 * bopel
 * residence, domicile
 * borger
 * citizen
 * borgermester
 * mayor
 * borgerskap
 * citizenship
 * bot
 * fine, penalty
 * brann
 * fire
 * brennevinsbrenner
 * distiller of spirits
 * brev
 * letter (correspondence)
 * bro
 * bridge
 * bror
 * brother
 * brordatter
 * brother’s daughter
 * brorsønn
 * brother’s son
 * brud
 * bride
 * brudgom
 * bridegroom
 * bruk, gårdsbruk
 * farm or a part of a farm which is usually inhabited by a family
 * bruksdeling
 * division of a farm into several parts (bruk)
 * brygger
 * brewer
 * bryllup
 * wedding
 * budeie
 * milkmaid
 * bubeite
 * grazing land for cattle in the forest
 * bumerke
 * a sign or figure used as signature or carved on the house and tools. The use of this dwindled as people learned to write
 * buskap
 * livestock, crew
 * by
 * town, city
 * bygd
 * small country community, village
 * bygdebok
 * rural chronicles
 * bygdesag/bondesag
 * a sawmill that from 1688-1818 could only be used for the local market
 * bygdeting
 * the lowest court in the country where from the 1600s the district judge (sorenskriver) presided. He was assisted by several magistrates (lagrettesmenn)
 * bygsel
 * rental of land. The tenant farmer or lease-holder paid rent to the right to lease the land
 * bygselrett
 * the authority to rent land to a tenant farmer. When the farm had several owners, the owner of the largest part had the authority for the entire farm
 * byll
 * abscess
 * byllepest
 * plague (bubonic)
 * byttestreng
 * boundary
 * bære
 * carry
 * bøkker
 * cooper, barrel maker
 * både
 * both, either
 * båret
 * carried
 * båt
 * boat, ship
 * båtbygger
 * shipbuilder
 * båtsmann
 * boatswain, bosun
 * blod
 * blood
 * blodgang
 * dysentery
 * blodskam
 * incest
 * blodsott
 * abnormal loss of blood during illness
 * bo
 * to live at
 * bodde
 * lived
 * bok
 * book
 * bokhandler
 * bookseller
 * bokholder, bokfører
 * bookkeeper
 * bokstav
 * letter, character
 * bolig
 * residence, house
 * bonde
 * farmer
 * bondegods
 * land which the farmers owned
 * bondelensmannen
 * lowest level in the local administration
 * bondesag/bygdesag
 * a sawmill that from 1688-1818 could only be used for the local market
 * bopel
 * residence, domicile
 * borger
 * citizen
 * borgermester
 * mayor
 * borgerskap
 * citizenship
 * bot
 * fine, penalty
 * brann
 * fire
 * brennevinsbrenner
 * distiller of spirits
 * brev
 * letter (correspondence)
 * bro
 * bridge
 * bror
 * brother
 * brordatter
 * brother’s daughter
 * brorsønn
 * brother’s son
 * brud
 * bride
 * brudgom
 * bridegroom
 * bruk, gårdsbruk
 * farm or a part of a farm which is usually inhabited by a family
 * bruksdeling
 * division of a farm into several parts (bruk)
 * brygger
 * brewer
 * bryllup
 * wedding
 * budeie
 * milkmaid
 * bubeite
 * grazing land for cattle in the forest
 * bumerke
 * a sign or figure used as signature or carved on the house and tools. The use of this dwindled as people learned to write
 * buskap
 * livestock, crew
 * by
 * town, city
 * bygd
 * small country community, village
 * bygdebok
 * rural chronicles
 * bygdesag/bondesag
 * a sawmill that from 1688-1818 could only be used for the local market
 * bygdeting
 * the lowest court in the country where from the 1600s the district judge (sorenskriver) presided. He was assisted by several magistrates (lagrettesmenn)
 * bygsel
 * rental of land. The tenant farmer or lease-holder paid rent to the right to lease the land
 * bygselrett
 * the authority to rent land to a tenant farmer. When the farm had several owners, the owner of the largest part had the authority for the entire farm
 * byll
 * abscess
 * byllepest
 * plague (bubonic)
 * byttestreng
 * boundary
 * bære
 * carry
 * bøkker
 * cooper, barrel maker
 * både
 * both, either
 * båret
 * carried
 * båt
 * boat, ship
 * båtbygger
 * shipbuilder
 * båtsmann
 * boatswain, bosun
 * brud
 * bride
 * brudgom
 * bridegroom
 * bruk, gårdsbruk
 * farm or a part of a farm which is usually inhabited by a family
 * bruksdeling
 * division of a farm into several parts (bruk)
 * brygger
 * brewer
 * bryllup
 * wedding
 * budeie
 * milkmaid
 * bubeite
 * grazing land for cattle in the forest
 * bumerke
 * a sign or figure used as signature or carved on the house and tools. The use of this dwindled as people learned to write
 * buskap
 * livestock, crew
 * by
 * town, city
 * bygd
 * small country community, village
 * bygdebok
 * rural chronicles
 * bygdesag/bondesag
 * a sawmill that from 1688-1818 could only be used for the local market
 * bygdeting
 * the lowest court in the country where from the 1600s the district judge (sorenskriver) presided. He was assisted by several magistrates (lagrettesmenn)
 * bygsel
 * rental of land. The tenant farmer or lease-holder paid rent to the right to lease the land
 * bygselrett
 * the authority to rent land to a tenant farmer. When the farm had several owners, the owner of the largest part had the authority for the entire farm
 * byll
 * abscess
 * byllepest
 * plague (bubonic)
 * byttestreng
 * boundary
 * bære
 * carry
 * bøkker
 * cooper, barrel maker
 * både
 * both, either
 * båret
 * carried
 * båt
 * boat, ship
 * båtbygger
 * shipbuilder
 * båtsmann
 * boatswain, bosun
 * a sawmill that from 1688-1818 could only be used for the local market
 * bygdeting
 * the lowest court in the country where from the 1600s the district judge (sorenskriver) presided. He was assisted by several magistrates (lagrettesmenn)
 * bygsel
 * rental of land. The tenant farmer or lease-holder paid rent to the right to lease the land
 * bygselrett
 * the authority to rent land to a tenant farmer. When the farm had several owners, the owner of the largest part had the authority for the entire farm
 * byll
 * abscess
 * byllepest
 * plague (bubonic)
 * byttestreng
 * boundary
 * bære
 * carry
 * bøkker
 * cooper, barrel maker
 * både
 * both, either
 * båret
 * carried
 * båt
 * boat, ship
 * båtbygger
 * shipbuilder
 * båtsmann
 * boatswain, bosun
 * bære
 * carry
 * bøkker
 * cooper, barrel maker
 * både
 * both, either
 * båret
 * carried
 * båt
 * boat, ship
 * båtbygger
 * shipbuilder
 * båtsmann
 * boatswain, bosun
 * båt
 * boat, ship
 * båtbygger
 * shipbuilder
 * båtsmann
 * boatswain, bosun
 * båtbygger
 * shipbuilder
 * båtsmann
 * boatswain, bosun
 * båtsmann
 * boatswain, bosun

C

 * cirka
 * approximately
 * communion
 * Communion
 * confirmerede
 * confirmed
 * copulerede
 * marriage
 * Communion
 * confirmerede
 * confirmed
 * copulerede
 * marriage
 * copulerede
 * marriage
 * copulerede
 * marriage

D

 * dag
 * day
 * dagen før
 * the previous day
 * dagsarbeider
 * day laborer
 * dal
 * valley
 * daler
 * see riksdaler, riksbankdaler, speciedaler and skylddaler
 * Danmark
 * Denmark
 * dannekvinde
 * gentlewoman
 * dannemand
 * gentleman
 * dansk
 * Danish
 * dato
 * date (noun)
 * datter
 * daughter
 * datterdatter
 * daughter’s daughter
 * dattersønn
 * daughter’s son
 * datum (Latin)
 * date
 * degn
 * deacon, in older usage the title of the parish clerk (klokker or kirkesanger)
 * dele
 * to divide, to share
 * dem
 * them, they
 * den
 * the, it, that
 * denne
 * this
 * der
 * there
 * deres
 * their
 * derfor
 * therefore
 * desember
 * December
 * det
 * it, that, the
 * difteri
 * diphtheria
 * din
 * your
 * disse
 * these
 * diverse
 * various
 * dokument
 * document
 * domkirke
 * cathedral
 * dommer
 * judge
 * dragon
 * dragoon, light cavalryman
 * dreng
 * boy
 * drengebarn
 * male child
 * drepe
 * kill
 * dronning
 * queen
 * druknet
 * drowned
 * dydig
 * virtuous
 * dø
 * to die
 * døbt(e)
 * christening
 * død
 * dead, death
 * døde
 * died, death
 * dødfødt
 * stillborn
 * dødsfall
 * death
 * døgn
 * 24-hour period of time
 * døpt
 * baptized, christened
 * døtre
 * daughters
 * døv
 * deaf
 * døvstum
 * deaf and dumb
 * dåp
 * baptism
 * dåpsattest
 * certificate of baptism
 * dåpsdag
 * day of baptism
 * your
 * disse
 * these
 * diverse
 * various
 * dokument
 * document
 * domkirke
 * cathedral
 * dommer
 * judge
 * dragon
 * dragoon, light cavalryman
 * dreng
 * boy
 * drengebarn
 * male child
 * drepe
 * kill
 * dronning
 * queen
 * druknet
 * drowned
 * dydig
 * virtuous
 * dø
 * to die
 * døbt(e)
 * christening
 * død
 * dead, death
 * døde
 * died, death
 * dødfødt
 * stillborn
 * dødsfall
 * death
 * døgn
 * 24-hour period of time
 * døpt
 * baptized, christened
 * døtre
 * daughters
 * døv
 * deaf
 * døvstum
 * deaf and dumb
 * dåp
 * baptism
 * dåpsattest
 * certificate of baptism
 * dåpsdag
 * day of baptism
 * døbt(e)
 * christening
 * død
 * dead, death
 * døde
 * died, death
 * dødfødt
 * stillborn
 * dødsfall
 * death
 * døgn
 * 24-hour period of time
 * døpt
 * baptized, christened
 * døtre
 * daughters
 * døv
 * deaf
 * døvstum
 * deaf and dumb
 * dåp
 * baptism
 * dåpsattest
 * certificate of baptism
 * dåpsdag
 * day of baptism
 * døpt
 * baptized, christened
 * døtre
 * daughters
 * døv
 * deaf
 * døvstum
 * deaf and dumb
 * dåp
 * baptism
 * dåpsattest
 * certificate of baptism
 * dåpsdag
 * day of baptism
 * dåp
 * baptism
 * dåpsattest
 * certificate of baptism
 * dåpsdag
 * day of baptism
 * dåpsattest
 * certificate of baptism
 * dåpsdag
 * day of baptism
 * dåpsdag
 * day of baptism

E

 * efter
 * after
 * efterkommer
 * descendant
 * efterlatte
 * surviving, survivors
 * efterlevende
 * surviving
 * eftermiddag
 * afternoon
 * efternavn
 * surname, last name
 * egen
 * own
 * egentlig
 * actual
 * egteviede
 * marriage
 * eie, eje
 * to own
 * eiendom
 * property, real estate
 * ekte
 * legitimate, to marry
 * ektefelle
 * spouse
 * ektemann
 * husband
 * ektepar
 * married couple
 * ekteskap
 * marriage
 * ekteskapelig
 * marital, conjugal
 * ekteviet
 * married
 * eldre
 * older
 * eldst
 * oldest, eldest
 * elev
 * student
 * eller
 * or, or else
 * elleve
 * eleven
 * ellevte
 * eleventh
 * elv
 * river, stream
 * embete
 * public office
 * embetsmann
 * public official
 * emigrant
 * emigrant
 * emigrere
 * emigrate
 * en, et
 * a, one
 * enebarn
 * only child
 * endestav
 * the corner marker of the boundary of a farm
 * engelsk
 * English; English mint sterling. 1 hud = 12 engelsk. Earlier there could be 18 or 20 engelsk in 1 hud. 1 engelsk equaled 1 calf skin
 * England
 * England
 * enhver
 * each
 * enke
 * widow
 * enkemann
 * widower
 * enkestand
 * widowed
 * ennu
 * yet, still
 * epilepsi
 * epilepsy
 * er
 * is, are
 * erhverv
 * livelihood
 * erkjenne
 * acknowledge
 * et
 * a, one
 * etasje
 * floor, story
 * etc. (Latin)
 * et cetera, and so on
 * etternavn
 * surname, last
 * evne
 * intelligence
 * eleventh
 * elv
 * river, stream
 * embete
 * public office
 * embetsmann
 * public official
 * emigrant
 * emigrant
 * emigrere
 * emigrate
 * en, et
 * a, one
 * enebarn
 * only child
 * endestav
 * the corner marker of the boundary of a farm
 * engelsk
 * English; English mint sterling. 1 hud = 12 engelsk. Earlier there could be 18 or 20 engelsk in 1 hud. 1 engelsk equaled 1 calf skin
 * England
 * England
 * enhver
 * each
 * enke
 * widow
 * enkemann
 * widower
 * enkestand
 * widowed
 * ennu
 * yet, still
 * epilepsi
 * epilepsy
 * er
 * is, are
 * erhverv
 * livelihood
 * erkjenne
 * acknowledge
 * et
 * a, one
 * etasje
 * floor, story
 * etc. (Latin)
 * et cetera, and so on
 * etternavn
 * surname, last
 * evne
 * intelligence
 * enkemann
 * widower
 * enkestand
 * widowed
 * ennu
 * yet, still
 * epilepsi
 * epilepsy
 * er
 * is, are
 * erhverv
 * livelihood
 * erkjenne
 * acknowledge
 * et
 * a, one
 * etasje
 * floor, story
 * etc. (Latin)
 * et cetera, and so on
 * etternavn
 * surname, last
 * evne
 * intelligence
 * erkjenne
 * acknowledge
 * et
 * a, one
 * etasje
 * floor, story
 * etc. (Latin)
 * et cetera, and so on
 * etternavn
 * surname, last
 * evne
 * intelligence
 * etc. (Latin)
 * et cetera, and so on
 * etternavn
 * surname, last
 * evne
 * intelligence
 * etternavn
 * surname, last
 * evne
 * intelligence
 * evne
 * intelligence

F

 * fabrikk
 * factory
 * faddere
 * christening witnesses, godparents
 * fallesyke
 * epilepsy
 * falt fall
 * be killed in war
 * familie
 * family
 * familie historie
 * linage books
 * far
 * father
 * farfar
 * paternal grandfather
 * farger dyer
 * tanner
 * farmor
 * paternal grandmother
 * farsot
 * pestilence, plague
 * fartøy
 * vessel, craft
 * fattig
 * poor
 * fattigvesente
 * welfare agency
 * favn
 * 3 alen = 6 fot = 1.88 meters
 * februar
 * February
 * felles
 * common, joint
 * fem
 * five
 * femte
 * fifth
 * femten
 * fifteen
 * femtende
 * fifteenth
 * femti
 * fifty
 * femtiende
 * fiftieth
 * fengsel
 * prison
 * festebrev, bygselbrev
 * a document issued by the landowner, which regulated the contract between the owner and the renter of real estate
 * festeseddel
 * rental contract
 * festning
 * fortress
 * fetter
 * cousin (male)
 * Finnland
 * Finland
 * finsk
 * Finnish
 * fore
 * four
 * fisker
 * fisherman
 * fjell
 * mountain
 * fjerde
 * fourth
 * fjorten
 * fourteen
 * fjortende
 * fourteenth
 * flere
 * several, more
 * flittig
 * diligent
 * flomsag
 * a sawmill which could only be used in times of high water
 * flytte
 * move
 * fogd, fut
 * originally teh bailiff's servant who administered for him. The most important task was to demand the taxes. The fogd acted also as the grand jury in punishment cases. In the 1600s the fogd was directly responsible to the royal rule in Copenhagen. At the same time his responsibilities were lessened.
 * foged, fogd
 * bailiff, sheriff
 * folio
 * page (double)
 * folk
 * people
 * folkemengde
 * population
 * folkeregister
 * citizen register, national register
 * folketelling
 * census
 * folkevandringstida
 * abt 400-600 A.D.
 * follaug
 * an agreement that the previous owners would be provided in exchange for the farm. It was most used when the parents were passing the farm to their children similar to a life estate
 * for, at
 * before, by
 * foran
 * in front of
 * forblødning
 * bled to death
 * foreldre
 * parents
 * foreldreløs
 * orphan
 * forening
 * society
 * forfedre
 * ancestors, forefathers
 * forhenværende
 * former, previous, preceding
 * forhus
 * house in front (usually the main house on a farm)
 * forkjølet
 * to have a cold
 * forklaring
 * explanation
 * forlate
 * leave, forgive
 * forlovelse
 * engagement
 * forlovere
 * marriage witnesses
 * formiddag
 * between morning and afternoon
 * formynder
 * guardian
 * fornavn
 * first name, given name
 * forpakter
 * manager of estate
 * forrige
 * former
 * forstand
 * intellect, mind
 * forstoppelse
 * constipation, obstruction
 * forsørges
 * supported
 * fortelle
 * tell, relate
 * fortid
 * past
 * forvalter
 * manager
 * foster
 * fetus
 * fosterbarn
 * foster child
 * fostre
 * foster, to rear
 * fot
 * ½ alen = 12 tommer = 0.31 meter
 * fra
 * from
 * fraflytte
 * leave, move away
 * fraværende
 * absent
 * fredag
 * Friday
 * fremmed
 * foreign, foreigner
 * fremtid
 * future
 * fru
 * Mrs.
 * fruentimmer
 * unmarried mother, female person (derogatory)
 * fruktsommelig
 * pregnant
 * frøken
 * Miss
 * full
 * full, complete, drunk
 * fullgard
 * a farm which paid full tax. It is a taxation term from the middle ages and the 1600s
 * fullmektig
 * head clerk, agent
 * fylke
 * county
 * fyr
 * lighthouse
 * fæstebrev
 * to acquire land
 * føderåd
 * support received after giving one's estate to another; same as follaug
 * føderådskone
 * woman recieving support
 * føderådsmann
 * man receiving support
 * fødested
 * birthplace
 * fødsel
 * birth
 * fødselsattest
 * birth certificate
 * fødselsdag
 * birthday
 * født(e)
 * born (birth)
 * følgende
 * following, next
 * føllaug
 * retired
 * før
 * before
 * første
 * first
 * førstebygsel
 * rent paid at the time of renting a farm
 * førti
 * forty
 * førtiende
 * fortieth
 * får
 * sheep, receives
 * society
 * forfedre
 * ancestors, forefathers
 * forhenværende
 * former, previous, preceding
 * forhus
 * house in front (usually the main house on a farm)
 * forkjølet
 * to have a cold
 * forklaring
 * explanation
 * forlate
 * leave, forgive
 * forlovelse
 * engagement
 * forlovere
 * marriage witnesses
 * formiddag
 * between morning and afternoon
 * formynder
 * guardian
 * fornavn
 * first name, given name
 * forpakter
 * manager of estate
 * forrige
 * former
 * forstand
 * intellect, mind
 * forstoppelse
 * constipation, obstruction
 * forsørges
 * supported
 * fortelle
 * tell, relate
 * fortid
 * past
 * forvalter
 * manager
 * foster
 * fetus
 * fosterbarn
 * foster child
 * fostre
 * foster, to rear
 * fot
 * ½ alen = 12 tommer = 0.31 meter
 * fra
 * from
 * fraflytte
 * leave, move away
 * fraværende
 * absent
 * fredag
 * Friday
 * fremmed
 * foreign, foreigner
 * fremtid
 * future
 * fru
 * Mrs.
 * fruentimmer
 * unmarried mother, female person (derogatory)
 * fruktsommelig
 * pregnant
 * frøken
 * Miss
 * full
 * full, complete, drunk
 * fullgard
 * a farm which paid full tax. It is a taxation term from the middle ages and the 1600s
 * fullmektig
 * head clerk, agent
 * fylke
 * county
 * fyr
 * lighthouse
 * fæstebrev
 * to acquire land
 * føderåd
 * support received after giving one's estate to another; same as follaug
 * føderådskone
 * woman recieving support
 * føderådsmann
 * man receiving support
 * fødested
 * birthplace
 * fødsel
 * birth
 * fødselsattest
 * birth certificate
 * fødselsdag
 * birthday
 * født(e)
 * born (birth)
 * følgende
 * following, next
 * føllaug
 * retired
 * før
 * before
 * første
 * first
 * førstebygsel
 * rent paid at the time of renting a farm
 * førti
 * forty
 * førtiende
 * fortieth
 * får
 * sheep, receives
 * fremmed
 * foreign, foreigner
 * fremtid
 * future
 * fru
 * Mrs.
 * fruentimmer
 * unmarried mother, female person (derogatory)
 * fruktsommelig
 * pregnant
 * frøken
 * Miss
 * full
 * full, complete, drunk
 * fullgard
 * a farm which paid full tax. It is a taxation term from the middle ages and the 1600s
 * fullmektig
 * head clerk, agent
 * fylke
 * county
 * fyr
 * lighthouse
 * fæstebrev
 * to acquire land
 * føderåd
 * support received after giving one's estate to another; same as follaug
 * føderådskone
 * woman recieving support
 * føderådsmann
 * man receiving support
 * fødested
 * birthplace
 * fødsel
 * birth
 * fødselsattest
 * birth certificate
 * fødselsdag
 * birthday
 * født(e)
 * born (birth)
 * følgende
 * following, next
 * føllaug
 * retired
 * før
 * before
 * første
 * first
 * førstebygsel
 * rent paid at the time of renting a farm
 * førti
 * forty
 * førtiende
 * fortieth
 * får
 * sheep, receives
 * føderådsmann
 * man receiving support
 * fødested
 * birthplace
 * fødsel
 * birth
 * fødselsattest
 * birth certificate
 * fødselsdag
 * birthday
 * født(e)
 * born (birth)
 * følgende
 * following, next
 * føllaug
 * retired
 * før
 * before
 * første
 * first
 * førstebygsel
 * rent paid at the time of renting a farm
 * førti
 * forty
 * førtiende
 * fortieth
 * får
 * sheep, receives
 * føllaug
 * retired
 * før
 * before
 * første
 * first
 * førstebygsel
 * rent paid at the time of renting a farm
 * førti
 * forty
 * førtiende
 * fortieth
 * får
 * sheep, receives
 * førti
 * forty
 * førtiende
 * fortieth
 * får
 * sheep, receives
 * førtiende
 * fortieth
 * får
 * sheep, receives
 * får
 * sheep, receives

G

 * gammel
 * old
 * gartner
 * gardener
 * garver
 * tanner
 * gate
 * street
 * gave
 * gift, endowment
 * geistlig
 * ecclesiastical
 * geitskinn
 * a measure of debt equal to 3 engelsk
 * geografisk leksikon
 * gazetteer
 * gift
 * marriage, married, poison
 * gikt
 * rheumatism
 * giftingsgods
 * land which was obtained through marriage
 * gjeld
 * debt
 * gjenlevende
 * survivors
 * gjennom
 * through
 * gjestgiver
 * innkeeper
 * gjet, gjeit
 * goat
 * gjeter
 * herdsman
 * gjørtler
 * brazier, brass smith
 * god
 * good
 * gods
 * estate
 * godseier
 * estate owner
 * gotisk skrift
 * Gothic script was the handwriting which was used in Norway from the 1200s to the last of the nineteenth century
 * gratis
 * free
 * grav
 * grave
 * graver
 * gravedigger, sexton
 * gravlund
 * cemetery
 * gravsted
 * burial place
 * gren
 * branch
 * grenader
 * infantryman
 * grense
 * boundary, border
 * greve
 * Count (nobility)
 * grevinne
 * Countess
 * grunn
 * ground, reason
 * gruve
 * mine, pit
 * gruvearbeider
 * miner
 * grønn
 * green
 * gudfar
 * godfather
 * gudmor
 * godmother
 * gull
 * gold
 * gulsot
 * jaundice
 * gulv
 * floor
 * gutt
 * boy
 * gå
 * go, walk
 * 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.
 * gårdbruker
 * farmer
 * gårdeier
 * farm owner
 * gårsdagens
 * of yesterday
 * grave
 * graver
 * gravedigger, sexton
 * gravlund
 * cemetery
 * gravsted
 * burial place
 * gren
 * branch
 * grenader
 * infantryman
 * grense
 * boundary, border
 * greve
 * Count (nobility)
 * grevinne
 * Countess
 * grunn
 * ground, reason
 * gruve
 * mine, pit
 * gruvearbeider
 * miner
 * grønn
 * green
 * gudfar
 * godfather
 * gudmor
 * godmother
 * gull
 * gold
 * gulsot
 * jaundice
 * gulv
 * floor
 * gutt
 * boy
 * gå
 * go, walk
 * 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.
 * gårdbruker
 * farmer
 * gårdeier
 * farm owner
 * gårsdagens
 * of yesterday
 * grønn
 * green
 * gudfar
 * godfather
 * gudmor
 * godmother
 * gull
 * gold
 * gulsot
 * jaundice
 * gulv
 * floor
 * gutt
 * boy
 * gå
 * go, walk
 * 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.
 * gårdbruker
 * farmer
 * gårdeier
 * farm owner
 * gårsdagens
 * of yesterday
 * gutt
 * boy
 * gå
 * go, walk
 * 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.
 * gårdbruker
 * farmer
 * gårdeier
 * farm owner
 * gårsdagens
 * of yesterday
 * gårdbruker
 * farmer
 * gårdeier
 * farm owner
 * gårsdagens
 * of yesterday
 * gårsdagens
 * of yesterday
 * gårsdagens
 * of yesterday

H

 * ha
 * to have
 * hadde
 * had
 * halshugget
 * decapitated
 * halv
 * half
 * halvbror
 * half brother
 * Halvgård
 * a farm which paid ½ of the full tax
 * halvsøster
 * half sister
 * ham
 * him
 * han
 * he
 * handelsmann
 * merchant, trader
 * hans
 * his
 * hanskemaker
 * glove maker
 * har
 * has, have
 * hattemaker
 * hatmaker
 * havn
 * harbor
 * heller
 * rather
 * helligdag
 * holiday
 * hengt seg
 * hanged himself or herself
 * henne
 * her
 * her
 * here
 * Herr
 * Mr.
 * herred
 * judicial district
 * Herren
 * the Lord
 * hest
 * horse
 * heter
 * is named
 * historie
 * history
 * hittebarn
 * orphan, foundling
 * hjem
 * home
 * hjemme
 * at home
 * hjemmedøpt
 * baptized at home
 * hjemmehørende
 * residing
 * hjerte
 * heart
 * hjertefeil
 * heart disease
 * hjul
 * wheel
 * hjulmaker
 * wheelwright
 * holde
 * hold, stop
 * horeri
 * adultery
 * hos
 * with, at
 * hoste
 * cough
 * hovedliste
 * census list
 * 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.
 * hun
 * she
 * hundre(de)
 * hundred (hundredth)
 * hus
 * house
 * husar
 * hussar, cavalryman
 * husbonde
 * head of household
 * husholderske
 * housekeeper
 * husmann
 * cottager, tenant farmer; a person who lived on land without a farm number. Could often use a parcel of land by paying the landowner.
 * husmannsplass
 * the designation of the parcel of land where the husmann lived
 * husmor
 * housewife
 * hustru
 * wife
 * hva
 * what
 * hvem
 * who
 * hver
 * every
 * hvilken
 * which
 * hvis
 * if, whose
 * hvit
 * white
 * hvor
 * where
 * hvordan
 * how
 * hvorfor
 * why
 * hvorvidt
 * whether
 * høsten
 * in the fall
 * høy
 * tall, high, hay
 * høyre
 * right (side)
 * håndarbeide
 * handwork
 * håndtering
 * occupation
 * håndverk
 * trade, handicraft
 * hjul
 * wheel
 * hjulmaker
 * wheelwright
 * holde
 * hold, stop
 * horeri
 * adultery
 * hos
 * with, at
 * hoste
 * cough
 * hovedliste
 * census list
 * 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.
 * hun
 * she
 * hundre(de)
 * hundred (hundredth)
 * hus
 * house
 * husar
 * hussar, cavalryman
 * husbonde
 * head of household
 * husholderske
 * housekeeper
 * husmann
 * cottager, tenant farmer; a person who lived on land without a farm number. Could often use a parcel of land by paying the landowner.
 * husmannsplass
 * the designation of the parcel of land where the husmann lived
 * husmor
 * housewife
 * hustru
 * wife
 * hva
 * what
 * hvem
 * who
 * hver
 * every
 * hvilken
 * which
 * hvis
 * if, whose
 * hvit
 * white
 * hvor
 * where
 * hvordan
 * how
 * hvorfor
 * why
 * hvorvidt
 * whether
 * høsten
 * in the fall
 * høy
 * tall, high, hay
 * høyre
 * right (side)
 * håndarbeide
 * handwork
 * håndtering
 * occupation
 * håndverk
 * trade, handicraft
 * hustru
 * wife
 * hva
 * what
 * hvem
 * who
 * hver
 * every
 * hvilken
 * which
 * hvis
 * if, whose
 * hvit
 * white
 * hvor
 * where
 * hvordan
 * how
 * hvorfor
 * why
 * hvorvidt
 * whether
 * høsten
 * in the fall
 * høy
 * tall, high, hay
 * høyre
 * right (side)
 * håndarbeide
 * handwork
 * håndtering
 * occupation
 * håndverk
 * trade, handicraft
 * how
 * hvorfor
 * why
 * hvorvidt
 * whether
 * høsten
 * in the fall
 * høy
 * tall, high, hay
 * høyre
 * right (side)
 * håndarbeide
 * handwork
 * håndtering
 * occupation
 * håndverk
 * trade, handicraft
 * høyre
 * right (side)
 * håndarbeide
 * handwork
 * håndtering
 * occupation
 * håndverk
 * trade, handicraft
 * håndtering
 * occupation
 * håndverk
 * trade, handicraft
 * håndverk
 * trade, handicraft
 * håndverk
 * trade, handicraft

I

 * i
 * in
 * idiot
 * idiot
 * ifølge
 * according to
 * igår
 * yesterday
 * igjen
 * again
 * i hjel, slå
 * kill
 * ikke
 * not
 * ikke enda
 * not yet
 * ild
 * fire
 * imellom
 * between, among
 * imorgen
 * tomorrow
 * inderst
 * a person who rented a room from others and had his own household
 * infeksjon
 * infection
 * ingen
 * none
 * inn
 * in
 * inne i
 * inside
 * innerst
 * renter, innermost
 * innflyttning
 * moving in
 * innhold
 * content
 * innsitter
 * renter
 * innsjø
 * lake
 * innvandring
 * immigration
 * intet
 * none
 * introduceret
 * introduced
 * Island
 * Iceland
 * islandsk
 * Icelandic
 * infection
 * ingen
 * none
 * inn
 * in
 * inne i
 * inside
 * innerst
 * renter, innermost
 * innflyttning
 * moving in
 * innhold
 * content
 * innsitter
 * renter
 * innsjø
 * lake
 * innvandring
 * immigration
 * intet
 * none
 * introduceret
 * introduced
 * Island
 * Iceland
 * islandsk
 * Icelandic
 * innsitter
 * renter
 * innsjø
 * lake
 * innvandring
 * immigration
 * intet
 * none
 * introduceret
 * introduced
 * Island
 * Iceland
 * islandsk
 * Icelandic
 * introduceret
 * introduced
 * Island
 * Iceland
 * islandsk
 * Icelandic
 * Island
 * Iceland
 * islandsk
 * Icelandic
 * islandsk
 * Icelandic

J

 * januar
 * January
 * jeg
 * I
 * jeger
 * light infantry soldier, hunter
 * jomfru
 * damsel, Miss, virgin
 * jordbruk
 * farming
 * jordet
 * burial
 * jordmor
 * midwife
 * jordpåkastelse
 * ceremony of sprinkling earth on the coffin
 * jul
 * Christmas
 * juli
 * July
 * juni
 * June
 * jurist
 * lawyer
 * burial
 * jordmor
 * midwife
 * jordpåkastelse
 * ceremony of sprinkling earth on the coffin
 * jul
 * Christmas
 * juli
 * July
 * juni
 * June
 * jurist
 * lawyer
 * juli
 * July
 * juni
 * June
 * jurist
 * lawyer
 * juni
 * June
 * jurist
 * lawyer
 * jurist
 * lawyer

K

 * kakkelovn
 * from the 1700s a somewhat misued term for an iron stove. Actually it is a heating stove lined with tile
 * kalemank
 * wool, often used to make vests and trousers
 * kallet
 * named
 * kanskje
 * maybe, perhaps
 * karet
 * coach
 * kart
 * map
 * katolsk
 * Catholic
 * kavaleri
 * cavalry
 * kemmer
 * peddler
 * kikhoste
 * whooping cough
 * kirke
 * church
 * kirkebok
 * parish register
 * kirkegods
 * land which was reserved for the clergy or which was owned by local or central religious institutions
 * kirkegård
 * cemetery, churchyard
 * kirkeverger
 * a couple of farmers in each parish which should control or supervise the local church estate
 * kirkeværge
 * church warden
 * kiste
 * chest, coffin
 * kjent
 * known
 * kjønn
 * sex
 * kjøpe
 * buy
 * kjøpmann
 * merchant
 * kledning
 * usual description of a man's clothing consisting of trousers, undershirt, and tunic
 * klokker
 * sexton, parish clerk, bell ringer, deacon
 * kloster
 * convent, monastery
 * kokarde
 * insignia
 * kolikk
 * colic
 * kommune
 * municipality, township
 * kone
 * wife
 * konfirmasjon
 * confirmation
 * konge
 * king
 * kongedømme
 * kingdom
 * kongelig
 * royal
 * kontor
 * office
 * kopper
 * smallpox, copper
 * koppskatt
 * person tax
 * kort
 * short, card
 * kort register
 * card index
 * krampe
 * convulsions, spasm
 * kreft
 * cancer
 * krig
 * war
 * krongods
 * land which belonged to the crown or state
 * ku
 * cow
 * kun
 * only
 * kunngjøre
 * declare
 * kunnskap
 * knowledge
 * kusine
 * cousin (female)
 * kusk
 * coachman, teamster
 * kveg
 * cattle
 * kvele
 * choke
 * kvell
 * evening
 * 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
 * kvinne
 * woman
 * kvinnekjønn
 * female
 * kyllinger
 * chickens
 * kår
 * support received after giving one’s estate to another
 * kårkone
 * woman who receives kår
 * kårmann
 * man who receives
 * konfirmasjon
 * confirmation
 * konge
 * king
 * kongedømme
 * kingdom
 * kongelig
 * royal
 * kontor
 * office
 * kopper
 * smallpox, copper
 * koppskatt
 * person tax
 * kort
 * short, card
 * kort register
 * card index
 * krampe
 * convulsions, spasm
 * kreft
 * cancer
 * krig
 * war
 * krongods
 * land which belonged to the crown or state
 * ku
 * cow
 * kun
 * only
 * kunngjøre
 * declare
 * kunnskap
 * knowledge
 * kusine
 * cousin (female)
 * kusk
 * coachman, teamster
 * kveg
 * cattle
 * kvele
 * choke
 * kvell
 * evening
 * 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
 * kvinne
 * woman
 * kvinnekjønn
 * female
 * kyllinger
 * chickens
 * kår
 * support received after giving one’s estate to another
 * kårkone
 * woman who receives kår
 * kårmann
 * man who receives
 * only
 * kunngjøre
 * declare
 * kunnskap
 * knowledge
 * kusine
 * cousin (female)
 * kusk
 * coachman, teamster
 * kveg
 * cattle
 * kvele
 * choke
 * kvell
 * evening
 * 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
 * kvinne
 * woman
 * kvinnekjønn
 * female
 * kyllinger
 * chickens
 * kår
 * support received after giving one’s estate to another
 * kårkone
 * woman who receives kår
 * kårmann
 * man who receives
 * 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
 * kvinne
 * woman
 * kvinnekjønn
 * female
 * kyllinger
 * chickens
 * kår
 * support received after giving one’s estate to another
 * kårkone
 * woman who receives kår
 * kårmann
 * man who receives
 * kyllinger
 * chickens
 * kår
 * support received after giving one’s estate to another
 * kårkone
 * woman who receives kår
 * kårmann
 * man who receives
 * kårkone
 * woman who receives kår
 * kårmann
 * man who receives
 * kårmann
 * man who receives

L

 * la
 * let, allow
 * lagmann
 * judge at the high court which was an appeals court over the local court
 * lagrettemann
 * farmer who after taking an oath could function as judges or witnesses
 * land
 * country
 * landsby
 * village
 * langfredag
 * Good Friday
 * landskyld
 * yearly rent which the renter paid to the land owner
 * laugverge
 * widow’s guardian or spokesman
 * ledstø
 * a stone boundary marker between two outer markers
 * 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
 * legdslem
 * welfare recipient
 * leidang
 * a sea military defense ordinance in Viking times. Later it was made an annual tax.
 * leie
 * hire, rent
 * leier
 * tenant
 * leilending
 * leaseholder; the person who rented land from the land owner
 * lejermål, leiermål
 * unlawful and punishable sexual union outside of marriage
 * lenge
 * long
 * lensmann
 * sheriff ; nobleman who had received a district from the king
 * lensmannen
 * lowest level official in the local administration
 * lese
 * read
 * leve
 * live
 * levende
 * live, living
 * lignende
 * same, alike, similar
 * lik
 * corpse, alike
 * likeledes
 * also, as well
 * lille
 * small
 * lite (litt)
 * little
 * liten
 * little, small
 * liv
 * life
 * los
 * pilot (ship)
 * losjerende
 * boarder, lodger
 * lov
 * law
 * lovlig
 * legal
 * lungebetendelse
 * pneumonia
 * luteraner
 * Lutheran
 * lysning
 * post banns
 * lysninger
 * banns
 * læregutt
 * apprentice
 * lærer
 * teacher (male)
 * lærerinne
 * teacher (female)
 * lærling
 * apprentice
 * løpenummer
 * serial number; the number given to a parcel of a farm. See more under Matrikkel.
 * lørdag
 * Saturday
 * løsaktig
 * loose or immoral woman
 * løsarbeider
 * day laborer
 * lignende
 * same, alike, similar
 * lik
 * corpse, alike
 * likeledes
 * also, as well
 * lille
 * small
 * lite (litt)
 * little
 * liten
 * little, small
 * liv
 * life
 * los
 * pilot (ship)
 * losjerende
 * boarder, lodger
 * lov
 * law
 * lovlig
 * legal
 * lungebetendelse
 * pneumonia
 * luteraner
 * Lutheran
 * lysning
 * post banns
 * lysninger
 * banns
 * læregutt
 * apprentice
 * lærer
 * teacher (male)
 * lærerinne
 * teacher (female)
 * lærling
 * apprentice
 * løpenummer
 * serial number; the number given to a parcel of a farm. See more under Matrikkel.
 * lørdag
 * Saturday
 * løsaktig
 * loose or immoral woman
 * løsarbeider
 * day laborer
 * pneumonia
 * luteraner
 * Lutheran
 * lysning
 * post banns
 * lysninger
 * banns
 * læregutt
 * apprentice
 * lærer
 * teacher (male)
 * lærerinne
 * teacher (female)
 * lærling
 * apprentice
 * løpenummer
 * serial number; the number given to a parcel of a farm. See more under Matrikkel.
 * lørdag
 * Saturday
 * løsaktig
 * loose or immoral woman
 * løsarbeider
 * day laborer
 * lærerinne
 * teacher (female)
 * lærling
 * apprentice
 * løpenummer
 * serial number; the number given to a parcel of a farm. See more under Matrikkel.
 * lørdag
 * Saturday
 * løsaktig
 * loose or immoral woman
 * løsarbeider
 * day laborer
 * lørdag
 * Saturday
 * løsaktig
 * loose or immoral woman
 * løsarbeider
 * day laborer
 * løsarbeider
 * day laborer
 * løsarbeider
 * day laborer

M

 * magesyke
 * diarrhea, stomach ailment
 * mai
 * May
 * maler
 * painter
 * mandag
 * Monday
 * mange
 * many
 * mann
 * man, husband
 * mannkjønn
 * male
 * mark
 * field
 * mars
 * March
 * matrikkel
 * land registration
 * matros
 * sailor
 * med
 * with
 * medhjelper
 * assistant, helper
 * medlem
 * member
 * med videre (Latin)
 * et cetera, and so on
 * meg
 * me
 * mellom
 * middle
 * mellombygning
 * middle building
 * men
 * but
 * mer
 * more, additional
 * meslinger
 * measles
 * messingsmed
 * brazier, brass smith
 * mester
 * master (of a trade)
 * midlertidig
 * temporarily
 * midnatt
 * midnight
 * mil
 * metric mile (ten kilometers)
 * militær
 * military
 * min
 * mine (belongs to me)
 * mindre
 * lesser
 * minearbeider
 * miner
 * minste
 * smallest, youngest
 * minutt
 * minute
 * modig
 * courageous, brave
 * mor
 * mother
 * mord
 * murder
 * morfar
 * maternal grandfather
 * morgen
 * morning
 * mormor
 * maternal grandmother
 * motta
 * receive
 * murer
 * mason
 * musiker
 * musician
 * m.v. (Latin)
 * See med videre
 * myndig
 * of age
 * møbelsnekker
 * furniture maker
 * møller
 * miller
 * mester
 * master (of a trade)
 * midlertidig
 * temporarily
 * midnatt
 * midnight
 * mil
 * metric mile (ten kilometers)
 * militær
 * military
 * min
 * mine (belongs to me)
 * mindre
 * lesser
 * minearbeider
 * miner
 * minste
 * smallest, youngest
 * minutt
 * minute
 * modig
 * courageous, brave
 * mor
 * mother
 * mord
 * murder
 * morfar
 * maternal grandfather
 * morgen
 * morning
 * mormor
 * maternal grandmother
 * motta
 * receive
 * murer
 * mason
 * musiker
 * musician
 * m.v. (Latin)
 * See med videre
 * myndig
 * of age
 * møbelsnekker
 * furniture maker
 * møller
 * miller
 * mother
 * mord
 * murder
 * morfar
 * maternal grandfather
 * morgen
 * morning
 * mormor
 * maternal grandmother
 * motta
 * receive
 * murer
 * mason
 * musiker
 * musician
 * m.v. (Latin)
 * See med videre
 * myndig
 * of age
 * møbelsnekker
 * furniture maker
 * møller
 * miller
 * murer
 * mason
 * musiker
 * musician
 * m.v. (Latin)
 * See med videre
 * myndig
 * of age
 * møbelsnekker
 * furniture maker
 * møller
 * miller
 * myndig
 * of age
 * møbelsnekker
 * furniture maker
 * møller
 * miller
 * møller
 * miller
 * møller
 * miller

N

 * nabo
 * neighbor
 * nadverd
 * Communion, sacrament
 * natt
 * night
 * navn
 * name
 * nedbrent
 * burned down
 * nei
 * no
 * neste
 * next, neighbor
 * neste år
 * next year
 * nevø
 * nephew
 * ni
 * nine
 * niende
 * ninth
 * niese
 * niece
 * nitten
 * nineteen
 * nittende
 * nineteenth
 * nitti
 * ninety
 * nittiende
 * ninetieth
 * noen
 * some, any
 * nord
 * north
 * november
 * November
 * nu, nå
 * now
 * nulevende
 * living
 * null
 * zero
 * nummer
 * number
 * ny
 * new
 * nyfødt
 * newborn
 * nylig
 * lately
 * nyttår
 * new year
 * nær
 * near, close
 * næringsvei
 * livelihood, trade
 * nå, nu
 * now
 * når
 * when, if, reach
 * nittiende
 * ninetieth
 * noen
 * some, any
 * nord
 * north
 * november
 * November
 * nu, nå
 * now
 * nulevende
 * living
 * null
 * zero
 * nummer
 * number
 * ny
 * new
 * nyfødt
 * newborn
 * nylig
 * lately
 * nyttår
 * new year
 * nær
 * near, close
 * næringsvei
 * livelihood, trade
 * nå, nu
 * now
 * når
 * when, if, reach
 * ny
 * new
 * nyfødt
 * newborn
 * nylig
 * lately
 * nyttår
 * new year
 * nær
 * near, close
 * næringsvei
 * livelihood, trade
 * nå, nu
 * now
 * når
 * when, if, reach
 * nær
 * near, close
 * næringsvei
 * livelihood, trade
 * nå, nu
 * now
 * når
 * when, if, reach
 * nå, nu
 * now
 * når
 * when, if, reach
 * når
 * when, if, reach
 * when, if, reach

O

 * odel
 * birthright or allodial ownership
 * ofte
 * often
 * og
 * and
 * oktober
 * October
 * oldebarn
 * great-grandchild
 * oldefar
 * great-grandfather
 * oldeforeldre
 * great-grandparents
 * oldemor
 * great-grandmother
 * om
 * if, about
 * omegn
 * neighboring places
 * omtrent
 * about, almost, nearly
 * omvendelse
 * conversion
 * onkel
 * uncle
 * onsdag
 * Wednesday
 * opp
 * up
 * oppe
 * above, upstairs
 * oppfostre
 * foster, to rear
 * residence
 * opptegnelse
 * record
 * ordbok
 * dictionary
 * ordfører
 * mayor
 * oss
 * us
 * osv.
 * et cetera, and so on
 * over
 * over
 * overlevende
 * survivors
 * overtredelse
 * transgression
 * onkel
 * uncle
 * onsdag
 * Wednesday
 * opp
 * up
 * oppe
 * above, upstairs
 * oppfostre
 * foster, to rear
 * residence
 * opptegnelse
 * record
 * ordbok
 * dictionary
 * ordfører
 * mayor
 * oss
 * us
 * osv.
 * et cetera, and so on
 * over
 * over
 * overlevende
 * survivors
 * overtredelse
 * transgression
 * dictionary
 * ordfører
 * mayor
 * oss
 * us
 * osv.
 * et cetera, and so on
 * over
 * over
 * overlevende
 * survivors
 * overtredelse
 * transgression
 * over
 * over
 * overlevende
 * survivors
 * overtredelse
 * transgression
 * overlevende
 * survivors
 * overtredelse
 * transgression
 * overtredelse
 * transgression

P

 * pagina (Latin)
 * page
 * pallask
 * sword
 * pantebok
 * mortgage record
 * parsell
 * plot of land, allotment
 * parykkmaker
 * wigmaker
 * penger
 * money
 * pensjon
 * pension
 * pensjonist
 * retired person
 * person
 * person
 * pest
 * plague
 * pike (pige)
 * girl, maid
 * pikebarn
 * female child
 * pikenavn
 * maiden name, girl’s name
 * pinse
 * Pentecost
 * pleiebarn
 * foster child
 * pleiedatter
 * foster daughter
 * pleiefar
 * foster father
 * pleieforeldre
 * foster parents
 * pleiemor
 * foster mother
 * pleiesønn
 * foster son
 * pottemaker
 * potter
 * preke
 * preach
 * prest
 * minister, priest
 * prestegjeld
 * clerical district
 * prestekontor
 * parish office
 * prins
 * prince
 * prinsesse
 * princess
 * på
 * on, at, upon
 * påske
 * Easter
 * pleiebarn
 * foster child
 * pleiedatter
 * foster daughter
 * pleiefar
 * foster father
 * pleieforeldre
 * foster parents
 * pleiemor
 * foster mother
 * pleiesønn
 * foster son
 * pottemaker
 * potter
 * preke
 * preach
 * prest
 * minister, priest
 * prestegjeld
 * clerical district
 * prestekontor
 * parish office
 * prins
 * prince
 * prinsesse
 * princess
 * på
 * on, at, upon
 * påske
 * Easter
 * preach
 * prest
 * minister, priest
 * prestegjeld
 * clerical district
 * prestekontor
 * parish office
 * prins
 * prince
 * prinsesse
 * princess
 * på
 * on, at, upon
 * påske
 * Easter
 * prins
 * prince
 * prinsesse
 * princess
 * på
 * on, at, upon
 * påske
 * Easter
 * på
 * on, at, upon
 * påske
 * Easter
 * påske
 * Easter

R

 * register
 * index, register
 * regjering
 * government
 * regning
 * bill
 * regnskap
 * account
 * reise
 * travel
 * religion
 * religion
 * repslager
 * rope maker
 * rett
 * court (noun), correct
 * rettferdig
 * just, righteous
 * ridder
 * knight
 * rik
 * wealthy
 * riktig
 * correct
 * rundt
 * around
 * rytter
 * cavalryman
 * rådmann
 * councilman
 * rett
 * court (noun), correct
 * rettferdig
 * just, righteous
 * ridder
 * knight
 * rik
 * wealthy
 * riktig
 * correct
 * rundt
 * around
 * rytter
 * cavalryman
 * rådmann
 * councilman
 * riktig
 * correct
 * rundt
 * around
 * rytter
 * cavalryman
 * rådmann
 * councilman
 * rytter
 * cavalryman
 * rådmann
 * councilman
 * rådmann
 * councilman
 * councilman

S

 * sa
 * said, stated
 * sabbat
 * Sabbath
 * sakrament
 * sacrament
 * salig
 * deceased, holy, blessed
 * salmaker
 * saddler
 * samfunn
 * society
 * samleie
 * intercourse
 * samme
 * same
 * samme dag
 * the same day
 * sammen
 * together
 * sammesteds
 * in the same place
 * samtlige
 * all
 * samtykke
 * consent
 * sau
 * sheep
 * seg
 * oneself
 * seks
 * six
 * seksten
 * sixteen
 * sekstende
 * sixteenth
 * seksti
 * sixty
 * sekstiende
 * sixtieth
 * selv
 * self
 * selveier
 * owner, freeholder
 * selvmord
 * suicide
 * senere
 * later
 * seng
 * bed
 * sengeliggende
 * bedridden
 * separeret
 * separated
 * september
 * September
 * side
 * page, side
 * sidehus
 * side house
 * siden
 * since, later
 * sin, sitt, sine
 * his, hers, its
 * sinnsvak
 * insane, retarded
 * sinnsyk
 * mentally ill
 * siste
 * last, latter
 * siste olje
 * last rites
 * sjette
 * sixth
 * sju (syv)
 * seven
 * sjuende (syvende)
 * seventh
 * sjø
 * sea, lake
 * sjømann
 * sailor, seaman
 * skaberak
 * elaborate horse blanket
 * skal
 * shall, must
 * skarlagensfeber
 * scarlet fever
 * skatt
 * tax
 * skibsfører
 * ship’s captain
 * skifte
 * probate
 * skifteprotokoll
 * probate record book
 * skifteretten
 * probate court
 * skilsmisse
 * divorce
 * skilt
 * divorced
 * skiløper
 * infantry soldier on skis, skier
 * skjedde
 * happened
 * skjøte
 * deed (property)
 * skog
 * forest
 * skole
 * school
 * skomaker
 * shoemaker
 * skredder
 * tailor
 * skriver
 * scribe
 * skulle
 * should
 * slag
 * strike, blow, stroke
 * slakter
 * butcher
 * slekt
 * relatives, family, lineage
 * slektninger
 * relatives
 * slektsforskning
 * genealogy
 * slektshistorie
 * family history, lineage books
 * slektsvåpen
 * coat of arms
 * slå ihjel
 * kill
 * smed
 * smith
 * snart
 * soon
 * snekker
 * cabinetmaker, carpenter
 * sogn
 * parish
 * soldat
 * soldier
 * sorenskriver
 * magistrate, probate judge
 * sort
 * black
 * spebarn
 * infant, baby
 * spillemann
 * musician, fiddler
 * stabbur
 * storehouse on pillars
 * stamtavle
 * descendancy chart
 * stand
 * social position
 * stebarn
 * stepchild
 * stebror
 * stepbrother
 * sted
 * place
 * stedatter
 * stepdaughter
 * stefar
 * stepfather
 * steinhogger
 * stonecutter
 * stemor
 * stepmother
 * stesønn
 * stepson
 * stilling
 * status, position, office
 * stor
 * large
 * straff
 * punishment
 * straks
 * right away, immediately
 * stum
 * mute (can’t speak)
 * summa (Latin)
 * totals
 * summarisk
 * statistical, summary
 * svak
 * weak
 * svakhet
 * weakness
 * svart
 * black
 * svenn
 * journeyman
 * svensk
 * Swedish
 * Sverige
 * Sweden
 * svigerdatter
 * daughter-in-law
 * svigerfar
 * father-in-law
 * svigerinne
 * sister-in-law
 * svigermor
 * mother-in-law
 * svigersønn
 * son-in-law
 * svoger
 * brother-in-law
 * svulst
 * tumor
 * syd
 * south
 * sydlig
 * southern
 * syerske
 * seamstress
 * syk
 * sick
 * sykdom
 * disease
 * sypike
 * seamstress
 * sytten
 * seventeen
 * syttende
 * seventeenth
 * sytti
 * seventy
 * syttiende
 * seventieth
 * syv (sju)
 * seven
 * syvende (sjuende)
 * seventh
 * sølv
 * silver
 * søndag
 * Sunday
 * sønn
 * son
 * sønnedatter
 * son’s daughter
 * sønnesøn
 * son’s son
 * sør
 * south
 * søsken
 * siblings
 * søster
 * sister
 * søstersønn
 * sister’s son
 * så
 * saw (see), so, if so, sow (seed)
 * sådan
 * such
 * således
 * thus, in this or that
 * family history, lineage books
 * slektsvåpen
 * coat of arms
 * slå ihjel
 * kill
 * smed
 * smith
 * snart
 * soon
 * snekker
 * cabinetmaker, carpenter
 * sogn
 * parish
 * soldat
 * soldier
 * sorenskriver
 * magistrate, probate judge
 * sort
 * black
 * spebarn
 * infant, baby
 * spillemann
 * musician, fiddler
 * stabbur
 * storehouse on pillars
 * stamtavle
 * descendancy chart
 * stand
 * social position
 * stebarn
 * stepchild
 * stebror
 * stepbrother
 * sted
 * place
 * stedatter
 * stepdaughter
 * stefar
 * stepfather
 * steinhogger
 * stonecutter
 * stemor
 * stepmother
 * stesønn
 * stepson
 * stilling
 * status, position, office
 * stor
 * large
 * straff
 * punishment
 * straks
 * right away, immediately
 * stum
 * mute (can’t speak)
 * summa (Latin)
 * totals
 * summarisk
 * statistical, summary
 * svak
 * weak
 * svakhet
 * weakness
 * svart
 * black
 * svenn
 * journeyman
 * svensk
 * Swedish
 * Sverige
 * Sweden
 * svigerdatter
 * daughter-in-law
 * svigerfar
 * father-in-law
 * svigerinne
 * sister-in-law
 * svigermor
 * mother-in-law
 * svigersønn
 * son-in-law
 * svoger
 * brother-in-law
 * svulst
 * tumor
 * syd
 * south
 * sydlig
 * southern
 * syerske
 * seamstress
 * syk
 * sick
 * sykdom
 * disease
 * sypike
 * seamstress
 * sytten
 * seventeen
 * syttende
 * seventeenth
 * sytti
 * seventy
 * syttiende
 * seventieth
 * syv (sju)
 * seven
 * syvende (sjuende)
 * seventh
 * sølv
 * silver
 * søndag
 * Sunday
 * sønn
 * son
 * sønnedatter
 * son’s daughter
 * sønnesøn
 * son’s son
 * sør
 * south
 * søsken
 * siblings
 * søster
 * sister
 * søstersønn
 * sister’s son
 * så
 * saw (see), so, if so, sow (seed)
 * sådan
 * such
 * således
 * thus, in this or that
 * svensk
 * Swedish
 * Sverige
 * Sweden
 * svigerdatter
 * daughter-in-law
 * svigerfar
 * father-in-law
 * svigerinne
 * sister-in-law
 * svigermor
 * mother-in-law
 * svigersønn
 * son-in-law
 * svoger
 * brother-in-law
 * svulst
 * tumor
 * syd
 * south
 * sydlig
 * southern
 * syerske
 * seamstress
 * syk
 * sick
 * sykdom
 * disease
 * sypike
 * seamstress
 * sytten
 * seventeen
 * syttende
 * seventeenth
 * sytti
 * seventy
 * syttiende
 * seventieth
 * syv (sju)
 * seven
 * syvende (sjuende)
 * seventh
 * sølv
 * silver
 * søndag
 * Sunday
 * sønn
 * son
 * sønnedatter
 * son’s daughter
 * sønnesøn
 * son’s son
 * sør
 * south
 * søsken
 * siblings
 * søster
 * sister
 * søstersønn
 * sister’s son
 * så
 * saw (see), so, if so, sow (seed)
 * sådan
 * such
 * således
 * thus, in this or that
 * syttende
 * seventeenth
 * sytti
 * seventy
 * syttiende
 * seventieth
 * syv (sju)
 * seven
 * syvende (sjuende)
 * seventh
 * sølv
 * silver
 * søndag
 * Sunday
 * sønn
 * son
 * sønnedatter
 * son’s daughter
 * sønnesøn
 * son’s son
 * sør
 * south
 * søsken
 * siblings
 * søster
 * sister
 * søstersønn
 * sister’s son
 * så
 * saw (see), so, if so, sow (seed)
 * sådan
 * such
 * således
 * thus, in this or that
 * sønnesøn
 * son’s son
 * sør
 * south
 * søsken
 * siblings
 * søster
 * sister
 * søstersønn
 * sister’s son
 * så
 * saw (see), so, if so, sow (seed)
 * sådan
 * such
 * således
 * thus, in this or that
 * søstersønn
 * sister’s son
 * så
 * saw (see), so, if so, sow (seed)
 * sådan
 * such
 * således
 * thus, in this or that
 * sådan
 * such
 * således
 * thus, in this or that
 * således
 * thus, in this or that
 * således
 * thus, in this or that

T

 * tak
 * roof
 * takk
 * thank you
 * takksigelse
 * thanksgiving
 * tall
 * number, count
 * tambur
 * drummer (soldier)
 * tante
 * aunt
 * testamente
 * last will
 * ti
 * ten
 * tid
 * time
 * tidlig
 * early
 * tidsperiode
 * period of time
 * tidsskrift
 * periodical
 * tiende
 * tenth, tithing
 * tigger
 * beggar
 * til
 * to, until, for
 * tillatelse
 * dispensation, permission
 * time
 * hour
 * tippoldefar
 * great-great-grandfather
 * tippoldemor
 * great-great-grandmother
 * tirsdag
 * Tuesday
 * tittel
 * title
 * tjene
 * serve, work
 * tjeneste
 * service
 * tjenestedreng
 * servant, employee, male
 * tjenestepige
 * servant, employee, female
 * tjue (tyve)
 * twenty
 * tjueannen
 * twenty-second
 * tjueen
 * twenty-one
 * tjuefem
 * twenty-five
 * tjuefire
 * twenty-four
 * tjuefjerde
 * twenty-fourth
 * tjueførste
 * twenty-first
 * tjuende (tyvende)
 * twentieth
 * tjueni(ende)
 * twenty-nine (twenty-ninth)
 * tjueseks
 * twenty-six
 * tjuesjette
 * twenty-sixth
 * tjuesju(ende)
 * twenty-seven(th)
 * tjuetemte
 * twenty-fifth
 * tjueto
 * twenty-two
 * tjuetre(dje)
 * twenty-three (twenty-third)
 * tjueåtte(nde)
 * twenty-eight (twenty-eighth)
 * to
 * two
 * tohundre
 * two hundred
 * tollbetjent
 * customs officer
 * tolv
 * twelve
 * tolvte
 * twelfth
 * torsdag
 * Thursday
 * tre
 * three
 * tredevte (trettiende)
 * thirtieth
 * tredje
 * third
 * tredve (tretti)
 * thirty
 * tretten(de)
 * thirteen (thirteenth)
 * trettien(de)
 * thirty-one (thirty-first)
 * trettiførste
 * thirty-first
 * trolovelse
 * engagement
 * trolovet
 * engaged
 * trosbekjennelse
 * creed
 * trossamfunn
 * religion
 * tuberkulose
 * consumption, tuberculosis
 * tukthus
 * prison
 * tusen(de)
 * thousand(th)
 * tvangsarbeide
 * hard labor, compulsory labor
 * tvilling
 * twin
 * tyfus
 * typhoid fever
 * tysk
 * German
 * Tyskland
 * Germany
 * tyv
 * thief
 * tyve (tjue)
 * twenty
 * tyvende (tjvende)
 * twentieth
 * tæring
 * tuberculosis
 * tømmermann
 * carpenter, framer, ship’s carpenter
 * tønne
 * barrel
 * twenty-sixth
 * tjuesju(ende)
 * twenty-seven(th)
 * tjuetemte
 * twenty-fifth
 * tjueto
 * twenty-two
 * tjuetre(dje)
 * twenty-three (twenty-third)
 * tjueåtte(nde)
 * twenty-eight (twenty-eighth)
 * to
 * two
 * tohundre
 * two hundred
 * tollbetjent
 * customs officer
 * tolv
 * twelve
 * tolvte
 * twelfth
 * torsdag
 * Thursday
 * tre
 * three
 * tredevte (trettiende)
 * thirtieth
 * tredje
 * third
 * tredve (tretti)
 * thirty
 * tretten(de)
 * thirteen (thirteenth)
 * trettien(de)
 * thirty-one (thirty-first)
 * trettiførste
 * thirty-first
 * trolovelse
 * engagement
 * trolovet
 * engaged
 * trosbekjennelse
 * creed
 * trossamfunn
 * religion
 * tuberkulose
 * consumption, tuberculosis
 * tukthus
 * prison
 * tusen(de)
 * thousand(th)
 * tvangsarbeide
 * hard labor, compulsory labor
 * tvilling
 * twin
 * tyfus
 * typhoid fever
 * tysk
 * German
 * Tyskland
 * Germany
 * tyv
 * thief
 * tyve (tjue)
 * twenty
 * tyvende (tjvende)
 * twentieth
 * tæring
 * tuberculosis
 * tømmermann
 * carpenter, framer, ship’s carpenter
 * tønne
 * barrel
 * trolovelse
 * engagement
 * trolovet
 * engaged
 * trosbekjennelse
 * creed
 * trossamfunn
 * religion
 * tuberkulose
 * consumption, tuberculosis
 * tukthus
 * prison
 * tusen(de)
 * thousand(th)
 * tvangsarbeide
 * hard labor, compulsory labor
 * tvilling
 * twin
 * tyfus
 * typhoid fever
 * tysk
 * German
 * Tyskland
 * Germany
 * tyv
 * thief
 * tyve (tjue)
 * twenty
 * tyvende (tjvende)
 * twentieth
 * tæring
 * tuberculosis
 * tømmermann
 * carpenter, framer, ship’s carpenter
 * tønne
 * barrel
 * tyfus
 * typhoid fever
 * tysk
 * German
 * Tyskland
 * Germany
 * tyv
 * thief
 * tyve (tjue)
 * twenty
 * tyvende (tjvende)
 * twentieth
 * tæring
 * tuberculosis
 * tømmermann
 * carpenter, framer, ship’s carpenter
 * tønne
 * barrel
 * tyve (tjue)
 * twenty
 * tyvende (tjvende)
 * twentieth
 * tæring
 * tuberculosis
 * tømmermann
 * carpenter, framer, ship’s carpenter
 * tønne
 * barrel
 * tømmermann
 * carpenter, framer, ship’s carpenter
 * tønne
 * barrel
 * tønne
 * barrel
 * tønne
 * barrel

U

 * udøpt
 * unbaptized
 * uekte
 * illegitimate
 * ugift
 * unmarried
 * uke
 * week
 * ukjent
 * unknown, foreign
 * ulovlig
 * illegal
 * ulykke
 * accident
 * umoralsk
 * immoral
 * umyndig
 * under legal age
 * under
 * under, below
 * underholde
 * support
 * underskrevne
 * the undersigned
 * underskrift
 * signature
 * undertegnet
 * signed
 * ung
 * young
 * ungkarl
 * bachelor
 * unntatt
 * except
 * uskyldig
 * innocent
 * ussel
 * miserable, poor
 * usømmelig
 * indecent
 * utdrag
 * extract
 * uten
 * without
 * utenfor
 * outside of
 * utfattog
 * destitute, penniless
 * utflyttning
 * moving out
 * utføre
 * perform, do
 * utgi
 * publish
 * uti
 * at, in
 * utlagt
 * named as, alleged
 * utlandet
 * foreign country
 * utukt
 * lechery, fornication
 * utvandre
 * emigrate
 * utvandrer
 * emigrant
 * utvandring
 * emigration
 * except
 * uskyldig
 * innocent
 * ussel
 * miserable, poor
 * usømmelig
 * indecent
 * utdrag
 * extract
 * uten
 * without
 * utenfor
 * outside of
 * utfattog
 * destitute, penniless
 * utflyttning
 * moving out
 * utføre
 * perform, do
 * utgi
 * publish
 * uti
 * at, in
 * utlagt
 * named as, alleged
 * utlandet
 * foreign country
 * utukt
 * lechery, fornication
 * utvandre
 * emigrate
 * utvandrer
 * emigrant
 * utvandring
 * emigration
 * utføre
 * perform, do
 * utgi
 * publish
 * uti
 * at, in
 * utlagt
 * named as, alleged
 * utlandet
 * foreign country
 * utukt
 * lechery, fornication
 * utvandre
 * emigrate
 * utvandrer
 * emigrant
 * utvandring
 * emigration
 * utukt
 * lechery, fornication
 * utvandre
 * emigrate
 * utvandrer
 * emigrant
 * utvandring
 * emigration
 * utvandrer
 * emigrant
 * utvandring
 * emigration
 * utvandring
 * emigration
 * utvandring
 * emigration

V

 * vaccinerede
 * vaccination
 * vaksinert
 * vaccination, vaccinated
 * vanfør
 * crippled, disabled
 * vanskapt
 * deformed, handicapped
 * var
 * was, were
 * vattersot
 * dropsy
 * ved
 * at, by
 * vedkommende
 * person concerned
 * ved siden av
 * next to
 * velstand
 * prosperity
 * venn
 * friend
 * venstre
 * left (side)
 * verge
 * guardian
 * verneplikt
 * military duty
 * vertshus
 * inn
 * vest
 * west
 * vever
 * weaver
 * vielse
 * marriage, wedding
 * vielsesattest
 * marriage certificate
 * viet
 * married
 * vitne
 * witness
 * vitnesbyrd
 * testimony
 * vogn
 * carriage, wagon, vehicle
 * vognmann
 * coachman
 * voldta
 * rape
 * værdig
 * worthy
 * være
 * be
 * vår
 * our
 * våren
 * in the spring
 * vertshus
 * inn
 * vest
 * west
 * vever
 * weaver
 * vielse
 * marriage, wedding
 * vielsesattest
 * marriage certificate
 * viet
 * married
 * vitne
 * witness
 * vitnesbyrd
 * testimony
 * vogn
 * carriage, wagon, vehicle
 * vognmann
 * coachman
 * voldta
 * rape
 * værdig
 * worthy
 * være
 * be
 * vår
 * our
 * våren
 * in the spring
 * testimony
 * vogn
 * carriage, wagon, vehicle
 * vognmann
 * coachman
 * voldta
 * rape
 * værdig
 * worthy
 * være
 * be
 * vår
 * our
 * våren
 * in the spring
 * værdig
 * worthy
 * være
 * be
 * vår
 * our
 * våren
 * in the spring
 * vår
 * our
 * våren
 * in the spring
 * våren
 * in the spring

Y

 * yngre
 * younger
 * yngst
 * youngest
 * yrke
 * profession
 * yngst
 * youngest
 * yrke
 * profession
 * yrke
 * profession
 * profession

Æ

 * ærbødig
 * respectful
 * ære
 * honor
 * ærlig
 * honest
 * ættegransking
 * genealogy
 * honor
 * ærlig
 * honest
 * ættegransking
 * genealogy
 * ættegransking
 * genealogy
 * ættegransking
 * genealogy

Ø

 * øde
 * desolate, waste
 * ødelegge
 * destroy
 * ødemark
 * wasteland, wilderness
 * ønske
 * wish, desire, want
 * øre
 * ear
 * øst
 * east
 * øvre
 * upper
 * øy
 * island
 * øye, øie
 * eye
 * øre
 * ear
 * øst
 * east
 * øvre
 * upper
 * øy
 * island
 * øye, øie
 * eye
 * upper
 * øy
 * island
 * øye, øie
 * eye
 * øye, øie
 * eye
 * øye, øie
 * eye

Å

 * ånd
 * spirit
 * åndsvak
 * mentally deficient
 * år
 * year
 * århundre
 * century
 * årlig
 * annual, yearly
 * årsak
 * cause, reason
 * åsted
 * where event took place (place of event)
 * åtte
 * eight
 * åttende
 * eighth
 * åtti
 * eighty
 * åttiede
 * eightieth
 * }
 * årsak
 * cause, reason
 * åsted
 * where event took place (place of event)
 * åtte
 * eight
 * åttende
 * eighth
 * åtti
 * eighty
 * åttiede
 * eightieth
 * }
 * eighth
 * åtti
 * eighty
 * åttiede
 * eightieth
 * }
 * åttiede
 * eightieth
 * }
 * }
 * }
 * }
 * }

Additional Resources
This word list includes only words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For further help, use a Norwegian-English dictionary. Several Norwegian-English dictionaries are available at the Family History Library. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.82321. Family History Centers can obtain the following dictionaries on microfilm:

Scavenius, H. Glydendals Ordbøker; Norsk-Engelsk [Gyldendal’s Dictionaries; Norwegian-English]. Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1945. (FHL film 1,224,705, item 4).

cavenius, H. Glydendals Ordbøker; Engelsk-Norsk [Glydendal’s Dictionaries; English-Norwegian]. Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1945. (FHL film 1,224,705, item 3). Additional dictionaries are listed in the Subject section of the FamilySearch Catalog under NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES and in the Locality section under NORWAY - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES.

Key Words
In order to find and use specific types of Norwegian records, you will need to know some key words in Norwegian. This section lists key genealogical terms in English and the Norwegian 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 Norwegian words with meanings such as marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined, and other words used in Norwegian records to indicate marriage.