Norwegian Word Lists - E
ecclesia (L) - church
eder - you, your, yours
efter - after
efterkommer - descendant
efterkommere - descendants
efter Kristi födelse - A.D., after Christ’s
death
efterforskning - searching, inquiring,
examination
efterkommande - descendants
efterlatte - survivors
efterlarre, efterlevende - survivors
efterlefverska - widow, relict
efterlevende - survivors
eftermiddag - afternoon
efter middagen - P.M.
efternavn - surname, last name
efterslektstavle - table of descendants
eftersommar - after summer, late summer
efterverld - posterity, after ages
eg., egare - owner
egen - own (his own, her own, etc.)
egentlig - actually
eho - whosoever, whoever
ehvad - whatever, whatsoever
eie, eje - to own, possess (as in Haugeie,
indicating a small cottage belonging to
Haug farm.)
eiendom - property, estate
eiendomsdeling- distribution of property
in probate
eier - owner
eige - to own
eigelut - possession (of things)
eigendom - property, estate
ej - not, no, neither
eje - to own
ejusdem (L) - same day, month, or year
e.Kr. - A.D.
ekonom - economist
ekspeditør - clerk, shop assistant
ekstraskatt - supplementary tax
ekstraskattemanntall - census type listing
of those paying supplementary tax
ekte, egte - 1) legitimate, 2) to marry
ektefelle - spouse
ektemann - husband
ektepar - married couple
ekteskap - marriage
ekteskapelig - marital, conjugal
ekteviet - married
elder - older
eldre - older
eldst, eldste – eldest, oldest
eldsvåda - extensive fire
elektriker - electrician
elev - pupil, disciple, student
eller - or, or else, otherwise, usually,
generally
elleve - eleven
ellevte - eleventh
elv - river
e.m. - widower
e.m. - P.M.
embedsmand - official (public or
government)
embete - public office
embetsmann - senior civil servant or
clergy member
embetsmannsarkivet - archive of senior
civil servants and state clergy
emedan - because
emeritus - emeritus
emigrant - emigrant
emigrantprotokoller - records
maintained by the police in main
seaports of those who emigrated
through the seaport
emigrasjon - emigration
emigrere - emigrate
en - a, an, one, one at a time
enahanda - all the same, of the same
kind
enda/ende - the only, single, solitary
endast - only, solely
ende - end, finish, conclude
endera - either
ene - alone
enebarn - only child
enfödd - only begotten
eng - grassland/meadow
engelsk - English
engelsk syke - rickets
enhver - each
enk., enke, aenke, enkekone - widow
enka - widow
enkemann, enkemand - widower
enkestand - widowhood, widowed
enkja, enkje - widow
enkjemann - widower
enkling - widower
ennu - still, yet
enslig - single
enstöding - hermit, old bachelor
entall - singular
eodem die (L) - the same day
epilepsy - epilepsy
epiltel - epistle, letter
er - am, is, are
erant (L) - was
erat (L) - was
eremit - hermit
erhverv - livelihood
erke - chief, arch
erkebiskop - archbishop
erkehertig - archduke
erkehertiginna - archduchess
erkjenne - acknowledge
erter - peas
eskader - squadron or fleet
est (L) - is, was
et - a, one
et (L) - and
etasje - floor, story
etatsraad - courcillor of state
etnisitet - ethnicity
ett - one
etter - after
etterböld - virulent tumor
etterfølger - successor
etterfølgere - successors
evangelist - evangelist, gospel teacher
evne - intelligence
ex (L) - from, out of
examen - degree (academic)/certificate
examen artium - degree from senior
high school
examinator - appraiser
examinera - to examine