Norwegian Burial and Death Records
abscessus (L) - death
aet., aetas (L) - age
afgagne - deceased (archaic)
afge. - deceased
afl. - deceased
afliden (afvliden,afled, afvled, afledna,
aflida, afvlida, aflidna, afvlidna, aflidne,
afvlidne) - deceased
afsomna - to die, to expire
alder - age
ålderdom - old age
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
arvinge - heir
arvskifte - distribution of an inheritance
arvtagere - heirs
avdød - deceased
avgang - death, demise, departure
avliden, avledne, avled, avlida, avlidna,
avlidne - deceased
avsomna - depart this life
barnseng (dø i) - (die in) childbirth
beatus, beata, beati (L) - bury, buried
bedagad - aged, old
bedaget - aged
bedemand - undertaker
beg., begr. - burial
begravelsesdagen - day of burial
begrave, begrava, begravede - bury
begravelse, begrafuelse - burial
begravet, begraven, begravning,
begravede - buried
begravningsbok - record of burials
bisette - read the funeral sermon
bisettelse - funeral service
bode, bodde - lived, resided
bodelning - distribution of probate estate
bortgang - deceased
bouppteckning - estate inventory
bråd död - sudden death, deceased
bröstarvinge - heir
coemeterium (L) - cemetery
defuncta, defunctus (L) - deceased
denati (L) - deaths
denatus (L) - dead
dö - die
död, döda, døde, dodde - deceased
død uden afkom, døde barnløs - died without
issue
död utan bröstarvinge - died without issue
dödfodd, dødfødt, dødføtt - stillborn
døde, de - the dead
dödgräfvare - grave digger
dödsdag - day of death
dødsfall - death
dödslängd - record of deaths
dödsorsak - cause of death
dödssäng - death bed
dött - have died
fränfalle - death
graff. - buried
grafställe - burying place
grav - grave
grave - to dig
graver - sexton
gravfested, gravlagt - buried
gravlegge - to bury
gravsten - gravestone
grift - grave
griftal - funeral sermon
hädanfärd - decease
jorda - to bury, to inter
jordefaerd - burial, funeral
jordfästa - to bury
jordfastning - interring, burial
jordfeste, giordfaeste, jordkastet, jordet,
jordfästning, jordsattes, jordsattning - bury,
buried, burial
jordk. - buried
kirkegård - cemetery
kiste - chest, coffin
klockare - sexton
lik, lig - corpse
likprediken, ligpraedigen - burial sermon
lovtale - eulogy
mortii (L) - deceased
mortuus, mortua (L), mortui - deceased
mulpaakastelse - burial
obiit (L) - deceased
s. - deceased
sal., salig - deceased (old expression)
sep. (sepultus) (L) - buried
sepeliere (L) - bury
sepultus (L) - buried
sl. (sal.) - deceased