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
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
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	farm, use
brygger	brewer
bryllup	wedding
budeie	milkmaid
buskap	livestock, crew
by	town, city
bygd	small country community, village
bygdebok	rural chronicles
bygsel	lease
byll	abscess
byllepest	plague (bubonic)
bære	carry
bøkker	cooper, barrel maker
både	both, either
båret	carried
båt	boat, ship
båtbygger	shipbuilder
båtsmann	boatswain, bosun