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
 * Danmark
 * Denmark
 * dannekvinde
 * gentlewoman
 * dannemand
 * gentleman
 * dansk
 * Danish
 * dato
 * date (noun)
 * datter
 * daughter
 * datterdatter
 * daughter’s daughter
 * dattersønn
 * daughter’s son
 * datum (Latin)
 * date
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
intelligence
 * 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
 * engelsk
 * English
 * 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
 * ellevte
 * eleventh
 * elv
 * river, stream
 * embete
 * public office
 * embetsmann
 * public official
 * emigrant
 * emigrant
 * emigrere
 * emigrate
 * en, et
 * a, one
 * enebarn
 * only child
 * engelsk
 * English
 * 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
 * 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
 * livelihood
 * erkjenne
 * acknowledge
 * et
 * a, one
 * etasje
 * floor, story
 * etc. (Latin)
 * et cetera, and so on
 * etternavn
 * surname, last
 * evne
 * floor, story
 * etc. (Latin)
 * et cetera, and so on
 * etternavn
 * surname, last
 * evne
 * etternavn
 * surname, last
 * evne
 * evne
 * evne
 * evne



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
 * februar
 * February
 * felles
 * common, joint
 * fem
 * five
 * femte
 * fifth
 * femten
 * fifteen
 * femtende
 * fifteenth
 * femti
 * fifty
 * femtiende
 * fiftieth
 * fengsel
 * prison
 * 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
 * flytte
 * move
 * foged, fogd
 * bailiff, sheriff
 * folio
 * page (double)
 * folk
 * people
 * folkemengde
 * population
 * folkeregister
 * citizen register, national register
 * folketelling
 * census
 * 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
 * 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
 * fullmektig
 * head clerk, agent
 * fylke
 * county
 * fyr
 * lighthouse
 * fæstebrev
 * to acquire land
 * føderåd
 * support received after giving one's estate to another
 * 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
 * førti
 * forty
 * førtiende
 * fortieth
 * får
 * sheep, receives
 * 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
 * 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
 * fullmektig
 * head clerk, agent
 * fylke
 * county
 * fyr
 * lighthouse
 * fæstebrev
 * to acquire land
 * føderåd
 * support received after giving one's estate to another
 * 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
 * førti
 * forty
 * førtiende
 * fortieth
 * får
 * sheep, receives
 * foreign, foreigner
 * fremtid
 * future
 * fru
 * Mrs.
 * fruentimmer
 * unmarried mother, female person (derogatory)
 * fruktsommelig
 * pregnant
 * frøken
 * Miss
 * full
 * full, complete, drunk
 * fullmektig
 * head clerk, agent
 * fylke
 * county
 * fyr
 * lighthouse
 * fæstebrev
 * to acquire land
 * føderåd
 * support received after giving one's estate to another
 * 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
 * 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
 * førti
 * forty
 * førtiende
 * fortieth
 * får
 * sheep, receives
 * føllaug
 * retired
 * før
 * before
 * første
 * first
 * 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
 * geografisk leksikon
 * gazetteer
 * gift
 * marriage, married, poison
 * gikt
 * rheumatism
 * gjeld
 * debt
 * gjenlevende
 * survivors
 * gjennom
 * through
 * gjestgiver
 * innkeeper
 * gjet, gjeit
 * goat
 * gjeter
 * herdsman
 * gjørtler
 * brazier, brass smith
 * god
 * good
 * gods
 * estate
 * godseier
 * estate owner
 * 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
 * gårdbruker
 * farmer
 * gårdeier
 * farm owner
 * gårsdagens
 * of yesterday
 * 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
 * gårdbruker
 * farmer
 * gårdeier
 * farm owner
 * gårsdagens
 * of yesterday
 * gudfar
 * godfather
 * gudmor
 * godmother
 * gull
 * gold
 * gulsot
 * jaundice
 * gulv
 * floor
 * gutt
 * boy
 * gå
 * go, walk
 * gård
 * farm
 * gårdbruker
 * farmer
 * gårdeier
 * farm owner
 * gårsdagens
 * of yesterday
 * boy
 * gå
 * go, walk
 * gård
 * farm
 * 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
 * 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
 * hun
 * she
 * hundre(de)
 * hundred (hundredth)
 * hus
 * house
 * husar
 * hussar, cavalryman
 * husbonde
 * head of household
 * husholderske
 * housekeeper
 * husmann
 * cottager, tenant farmer
 * 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
 * heart disease
 * hjul
 * wheel
 * hjulmaker
 * wheelwright
 * holde
 * hold, stop
 * horeri
 * adultery
 * hos
 * with, at
 * hoste
 * cough
 * hovedliste
 * census list
 * hun
 * she
 * hundre(de)
 * hundred (hundredth)
 * hus
 * house
 * husar
 * hussar, cavalryman
 * husbonde
 * head of household
 * husholderske
 * housekeeper
 * husmann
 * cottager, tenant farmer
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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

 * kallet
 * named
 * kanskje
 * maybe, perhaps
 * karet
 * coach
 * kart
 * map
 * katolsk
 * Catholic
 * kavaleri
 * cavalry
 * kemmer
 * peddler
 * kikhoste
 * whooping cough
 * kirke
 * church
 * kirkebok
 * parish register
 * kirkegård
 * cemetery, churchyard
 * kirkeværge
 * church warden
 * kiste
 * chest, coffin
 * kjent
 * known
 * kjønn
 * sex
 * kjøpe
 * buy
 * kjøpmann
 * merchant
 * 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
 * kort
 * short, card
 * kort register
 * card index
 * krampe
 * convulsions, spasm
 * kreft
 * cancer
 * krig
 * war
 * ku
 * cow
 * kun
 * only
 * kunngjøre
 * declare
 * kunnskap
 * knowledge
 * kusine
 * cousin (female)
 * kusk
 * coachman, teamster
 * kveg
 * cattle
 * kvele
 * choke
 * kvell
 * evening
 * 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
 * konge
 * king
 * kongedømme
 * kingdom
 * kongelig
 * royal
 * kontor
 * office
 * kopper
 * smallpox, copper
 * kort
 * short, card
 * kort register
 * card index
 * krampe
 * convulsions, spasm
 * kreft
 * cancer
 * krig
 * war
 * ku
 * cow
 * kun
 * only
 * kunngjøre
 * declare
 * kunnskap
 * knowledge
 * kusine
 * cousin (female)
 * kusk
 * coachman, teamster
 * kveg
 * cattle
 * kvele
 * choke
 * kvell
 * evening
 * 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
 * declare
 * kunnskap
 * knowledge
 * kusine
 * cousin (female)
 * kusk
 * coachman, teamster
 * kveg
 * cattle
 * kvele
 * choke
 * kvell
 * evening
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * lagrettemann
 * court member
 * land
 * country
 * landsby
 * village
 * langfredag
 * Good Friday
 * laugverge
 * widow’s guardian or spokesman
 * legd
 * welfare, military levying district
 * legdslem
 * welfare recipient
 * leie
 * hire, rent
 * leier
 * tenant
 * leilending
 * leaseholder
 * lejermål
 * illicit and punishable intercourse
 * lenge
 * long
 * lensmann
 * sheriff
 * 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
 * lørdag
 * Saturday
 * løsaktig
 * loose or immoral woman
 * løsarbeider
 * day laborer
 * 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
 * lørdag
 * Saturday
 * løsaktig
 * loose or immoral woman
 * løsarbeider
 * day laborer
 * lysning
 * post banns
 * lysninger
 * banns
 * læregutt
 * apprentice
 * lærer
 * teacher (male)
 * lærerinne
 * teacher (female)
 * lærling
 * apprentice
 * løpenummer
 * serial number
 * lørdag
 * Saturday
 * løsaktig
 * loose or immoral woman
 * løsarbeider
 * day laborer
 * lærling
 * apprentice
 * løpenummer
 * serial number
 * 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.