Norwegian word list - A
A
a, ab (L) = of
ä (änk) = widow
aar (archaic for "år") = year
åb. (åbo) = farmer
abiit (L) = moved out
åbo = farmer
abs. = absolved
abs. (absens) (L) = absent
abscessus (L) = death
absens (L) = absent
absolveafs. = discharged
absolvera = absolve
absolverad, absolvered = absolved
absolvere = to give absolution
absolusjon = absolution (religious)
accessit (L) = came, moved from
actale = agreement
A.D. (L) = Anno Domini
adalboren = legitimate, lawfully begotten
adel = nobility
adeldam = lady, noblewoman
adelig = noble
adelsman(n)d = nobleman
adjudant = adjutant
adjunkt = public school teacher
adlet = to be raised to the nobility
addling = nobleman
adm. (admonitus) (L) = confirmed
admiral = admiral
admonitus (L) = confirmed
adolescens (L) = youth
adoptera, adoptere = to adopt
adresse = address
advare = to caution
advokat = barrister, lawyer
aegt., aegte = legitimate
aegtefelle = spouse
aegteforaeldre = natural parents
aegtemand = husband
aegteskab = marriage
aegteviede = married
aenke = widow
aenkemand = widower
aet., aetas (L) = age
af = of, by, at, from
af første (1st), aegteskab = of first
marriage
af sognet = of the parish
afdelingschef = department head
afdragare = flayer, skinner
afdrifvare = refiner of metals
afföda= progeny, offspring, issue
afg. = moved to, departed to
afgången (avgången) = moved to,
deceased, departed to
afgagne = deceased (archaic)
afge. = deceased
afkomling = descendant, child
afkomma = offspring, progeny
afl. = deceased
afla = to conceive, to begat
aflabarn = to beg at children
afliden (afvliden,afled, afvled, afledna,
aflida, afvlida, aflidna, afvlidna, aflidne,
afvlidne) = deceased
af1ösa = to
afrättning = to execute, put to death
afskedade, avskedade = discharged,
resigned
afskrifvare = copier, transcriber
afsända = dispatch, send off
afsomna = to die, to expire
aftaegtsfolk = retired people
aftaegtskone = retired woman
aftaegtsmand = pensioner (farm)
aftaga = reduce, curtail
aften = evening
afton = evening
afvelsgård = farm, stock farm
afvita = mad, lunatic, insane
äg. = landowner
ägare = owner, landowner
agent = sales agent, sales rep for a
company
agentur = sales agency
agerdyrker = farmer
agiotor = stockjobber
agnatus (L) = relationship through male line
agricola (L) = farmer
agronom = agriculturist
äkare = carter, coachman
åkerbrukare = tiller of the soil
åkerman = tiller of the ground, husbandman
äkta = legitimate
äkta taga till = to marry
äktabarn = legitimate child
äktahustru = lawful wife
äktenskap = marriage, wedlock, matrimony
äktenskappbrytare = adulterer
äktenskapskilnad = divorce
äktenskapslöfte = promise of marriage
aktieägare = shareholder, stockholder
aktuarie = recorder, actuary, clerk, registrar
aktour = actor, performer, stage player
ald. = abbreviation for “alder”
alder = age
ålderdom = old age
alderdomssvaket = weakness of old age
alderman = headmaster, alderman
åldersman = old man
åldfar = elder, patriarch
åldgesäll = head journeyman
äldere = older
aldri = never
åldrig = aged
äldst, äIst = eldest
alias (L) = called
all-allt, alIa-all = everybody and everything
alle = all
alle fra = all from
allerede = already, as early as
allmenning = forest or grazing land that
several farms have the right to access and
use. The land may be public or privately
owned.
Allmoge = peasantry, country people
Alminnelig = common, general, ordinary
Almisse = charity
Almisselem = welfare recipient
almosehjon = almsman, pauper
alster = offspring
älta = intermittent fever with children
alter = alter
altera (L) = other
altera die (L) = on the other day
a, ab (L) = of
ä (änk) = widow
aar (archaic for "år") = year
åb. (åbo) = farmer
abiit (L) = moved out
åbo = farmer
abs. = absolved
abs. (absens) (L) = absent
abscessus (L) = death
absens (L) = absent
absolveafs. = discharged
absolvera = absolve
absolverad, absolvered = absolved
absolvere = to give absolution
absolusjon = absolution (religious)
accessit (L) = came, moved from
actale = agreement
A.D. (L) = Anno Domini
adalboren = legitimate, lawfully begotten
adel = nobility
adeldam = lady, noblewoman
adelig = noble
adelsman(n)d = nobleman
adjudant = adjutant
adjunkt = public school teacher
adlet = to be raised to the nobility
addling = nobleman
adm. (admonitus) (L) = confirmed
admiral = admiral
admonitus (L) = confirmed
adolescens (L) = youth
adoptera, adoptere = to adopt
adresse = address
advare = to caution
advokat = barrister, lawyer
aegt., aegte = legitimate
aegtefelle = spouse
aegteforaeldre = natural parents
aegtemand = husband
aegteskab = marriage
aegteviede = married
aenke = widow
aenkemand = widower
aet., aetas (L) = age
af = of, by, at, from
af første (1st), aegteskab = of first
marriage
af sognet = of the parish
afdelingschef = department head
afdragare = flayer, skinner
afdrifvare = refiner of metals
afföda= progeny, offspring, issue
afg. = moved to, departed to
afgången (avgången) = moved to,
deceased, departed to
afgagne = deceased (archaic)
afge. = deceased
afkomling = descendant, child
afkomma = offspring, progeny
afl. = deceased
afla = to conceive, to begat
aflabarn = to beg at children
afliden (afvliden,afled, afvled, afledna,
aflida, afvlida, aflidna, afvlidna, aflidne,
afvlidne) = deceased
af1ösa = to
afrättning = to execute, put to death
afskedade, avskedade = discharged,
resigned
afskrifvare = copier, transcriber
afsända = dispatch, send off
afsomna = to die, to expire
aftaegtsfolk = retired people
aftaegtskone = retired woman
aftaegtsmand = pensioner (farm)
aftaga = reduce, curtail
aften = evening
afton = evening
afvelsgård = farm, stock farm
afvita = mad, lunatic, insane
äg. = landowner
ägare = owner, landowner
agent = sales agent, sales rep for a
company
agentur = sales agency
agerdyrker = farmer
agiotor = stockjobber
agnatus (L) = relationship through male line
agricola (L) = farmer
agronom = agriculturist
äkare = carter, coachman
åkerbrukare = tiller of the soil
åkerman = tiller of the ground, husbandman
äkta = legitimate
äkta taga till = to marry
äktabarn = legitimate child
äktahustru = lawful wife
äktenskap = marriage, wedlock, matrimony
äktenskappbrytare = adulterer
äktenskapskilnad = divorce
äktenskapslöfte = promise of marriage
aktieägare = shareholder, stockholder
aktuarie = recorder, actuary, clerk, registrar
aktour = actor, performer, stage player
ald. = abbreviation for “alder”
alder = age
ålderdom = old age
alderdomssvaket = weakness of old age
alderman = headmaster, alderman
åldersman = old man
åldfar = elder, patriarch
åldgesäll = head journeyman
äldere = older
aldri = never
åldrig = aged
äldst, äIst = eldest
alias (L) = called
all-allt, alIa-all = everybody and everything
alle = all
alle fra = all from
allerede = already, as early as
allmenning = forest or grazing land that
several farms have the right to access and
use. The land may be public or privately
owned.
Allmoge = peasantry, country people
Alminnelig = common, general, ordinary
Almisse = charity
Almisselem = welfare recipient
almosehjon = almsman, pauper
alster = offspring
älta = intermittent fever with children
alter = alter
altera (L) = other
altera die (L) = on the other day
altergang = holy communion
altid, alltid = always
alumnus (L) = student, foster child
a me (L) = by me
amanuens = assistant
ambo ex (L) = both from
amma = vet
amme = nurse
amt, amtet = county, the county
amtmand, amtmann = county administrator
amtslaege = district doctor
a.n. (ante nuptius) (L) = illegitimate
an, anno (L) = year
anden = second (archaic)
andenlaerer = assistant teacher
andenstyrmand = second mate
andet = second
andre = 1) second, 2) other
andtäppa = asthma
ane/aner = ancestor/ancestors
anetavle = pedigree chart
anfall = seizure
anförare = leader, chief, commander,
captain, conductor
anförvandt = relation, kinsman, or woman
relative
ångare = steamer
anhäng = adherents, partisan
anhörig = kinsman, relation
anhöring = relative
änka = widow
änkeman = widower
änkl. = widower
änkling = widower
ankom(st) = came from, arrival
anm. = remark(s)
anmärking ,anmärkning = remark,
annotation
annen gang = second time
anno (L) = year
Anno Domini (L) = in the year of the Lord
Annonsere = announce, publish
Anor = ancestry, ancestors
antall = number, count
antavle = pedigree chart
ante nuptius (L) = birth before marriage
anteckna = note, write down
apostlegods = land that originally belonged
to the Apostel church in Bergen and leased
out to farmers.
Apotek = pharmacy
apotekare = chemist, druggist
apoteker = druggist, pharmacist
år = year
arbeide = work
arbejdsmand, arbejder, arbetare =
worker, laborer
arbeterska = work woman
arbetsfolk = laboring people
arbetsgifvare = employer
arbetshjon = journeyman
arbetskarl = laborer, journeyman
arkeolog = archaeologist
arkitekt = architect
arkiv = office of records, archives
arkivarie = recorder or records keeper
arklimästare = quarter gunner
arm = poor, indigent, miserable
armod = poverty, poverty stricken
arrendator = tenant farmer, leaseholder
arrestant = prisoner
årsbarn = who is born in the same year
årsdag = anniversary
årsgammal = year old
artillerist = artilleryman, gunner
arv = inheritance
arveavgift = inheritance tax
arvegods = heredity estate, heirloom
arvejord = inherited land
arvelodd = heir’s share in a probate estate
arveløs = disinherited, without rights of
inheritance
arvesak = probate proceeding
arveskifte = distribution of probate estate
arveskatt = inheritance tax
arvestykke = heirloom
arvinge = heir
arvskifte = distribution of an inheritance
arvtagere = heirs
askblåssare = ash drawer
åsnedrifvare = ass driver
assessor = assistant judge
assistent = assistant (clerk)
at = that
ätt = family lineage
att = again
ättefader = progenitor, founder of a family
atten = eighteen
attende = back
attest = certificate, testimony, attestation
ättlag = descendant
ättlängd = genealogical table, pedigree
ättledning = genealogy, descent
auditor = judge of a regiment, military lawyer
audn/audne = abandoned farm (frequently
used as name of a farm that was abandoned
during the Black Death)
auk. = abbreviation for "auksjon"
auksjon = auction
auksjonsprotokoll = auction records
auktionist = auctioneer
auktor, autor = author, writer
auling = crop
auskultant = assistant, hearer, listener,
auditor
av, af = by, of, at, from
avdeling = part, division, department
avdelingssjef = department manager
avdød = deceased
avgang = death, demise, departure
avgift = fee, charge
avgå = retire
avhandling = thesis, dissertation
avkom = offspring, issue
avliden (avledne, avled, avlida, avlidna,
avlidne) = deceased
avling = harvest
avlsbruger = farmer
avmønstre = to sign off (maritime use)
avsked, få = be discharged
avsked, ta = retire
avskjed i nåde = retire
avsomna = depart this life
avtale = agreement
axplokare = gleaner in the fields
altid, alltid = always
alumnus (L) = student, foster child
a me (L) = by me
amanuens = assistant
ambo ex (L) = both from
amma = vet
amme = nurse
amt, amtet = county, the county
amtmand, amtmann = county administrator
amtslaege = district doctor
a.n. (ante nuptius) (L) = illegitimate
an, anno (L) = year
anden = second (archaic)
andenlaerer = assistant teacher
andenstyrmand = second mate
andet = second
andre = 1) second, 2) other
andtäppa = asthma
ane/aner = ancestor/ancestors
anetavle = pedigree chart
anfall = seizure
anförare = leader, chief, commander,
captain, conductor
anförvandt = relation, kinsman, or woman
relative
ångare = steamer
anhäng = adherents, partisan
anhörig = kinsman, relation
anhöring = relative
änka = widow
änkeman = widower
änkl. = widower
änkling = widower
ankom(st) = came from, arrival
anm. = remark(s)
anmärking ,anmärkning = remark,
annotation
annen gang = second time
anno (L) = year
Anno Domini (L) = in the year of the Lord
Annonsere = announce, publish
Anor = ancestry, ancestors
antall = number, count
antavle = pedigree chart
ante nuptius (L) = birth before marriage
anteckna = note, write down
apostlegods = land that originally belonged
to the Apostel church in Bergen and leased
out to farmers.
Apotek = pharmacy
apotekare = chemist, druggist
apoteker = druggist, pharmacist
år = year
arbeide = work
arbejdsmand, arbejder, arbetare =
worker, laborer
arbeterska = work woman
arbetsfolk = laboring people
arbetsgifvare = employer
arbetshjon = journeyman
arbetskarl = laborer, journeyman
arkeolog = archaeologist
arkitekt = architect
arkiv = office of records, archives
arkivarie = recorder or records keeper
arklimästare = quarter gunner
arm = poor, indigent, miserable
armod = poverty, poverty stricken
arrendator = tenant farmer, leaseholder
arrestant = prisoner
årsbarn = who is born in the same year
årsdag = anniversary
årsgammal = year old
artillerist = artilleryman, gunner
arv = inheritance
arveavgift = inheritance tax
arvegods = heredity estate, heirloom
arvejord = inherited land
arvelodd = heir’s share in a probate estate
arveløs = disinherited, without rights of
inheritance
arvesak = probate proceeding
arveskifte = distribution of probate estate
arveskatt = inheritance tax
arvestykke = heirloom
arvinge = heir
arvskifte = distribution of an inheritance
arvtagere = heirs
askblåssare = ash drawer
åsnedrifvare = ass driver
assessor = assistant judge
assistent = assistant (clerk)
at = that
ätt = family lineage
att = again
ättefader = progenitor, founder of a family
atten = eighteen
attende = back
attest = certificate, testimony, attestation
ättlag = descendant
ättlängd = genealogical table, pedigree
ättledning = genealogy, descent
auditor = judge of a regiment, military lawyer
audn/audne = abandoned farm (frequently
used as name of a farm that was abandoned
during the Black Death)
auk. = abbreviation for "auksjon"
auksjon = auction
auksjonsprotokoll = auction records
auktionist = auctioneer
auktor, autor = author, writer
auling = crop
auskultant = assistant, hearer, listener,
auditor
av, af = by, of, at, from
avdeling = part, division, department
avdelingssjef = department manager
avdød = deceased
avgang = death, demise, departure
avgift = fee, charge
avgå = retire
avhandling = thesis, dissertation
avkom = offspring, issue
avliden (avledne, avled, avlida, avlidna,
avlidne) = deceased
avling = harvest
avlsbruger = farmer
avmønstre = to sign off (maritime use)
avsked, få = be discharged
avsked, ta = retire
avskjed i nåde = retire
avsomna = depart this life
avtale = agreement
axplokare = gleaner in the fields