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<strong>Swedish</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (<strong>Swedish</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>English</strong>)<br />
A<br />
afvittring<br />
assignment (of an<br />
inheritance)<br />
afliden, avliden<br />
deceased<br />
agnatus (latin)<br />
relationship through male line<br />
agricola (latin)<br />
farmer<br />
allmoge<br />
peasantry, country people<br />
amma<br />
wet nurse<br />
arbetare<br />
worker, laborer<br />
arbetskarl<br />
laborer, journeyman<br />
arf, arv<br />
inheritance, patrimony<br />
arkiv<br />
office of records, archives<br />
arfvinge, arvinge<br />
heir<br />
arfskifte, avrskifte<br />
distribution of inheritance<br />
attest<br />
certificate, testimony,<br />
attestation<br />
B<br />
barn<br />
child, children<br />
barnbarn<br />
grandchild, grandchildren<br />
barndop<br />
christening<br />
barnhus<br />
orphanage<br />
barnmorska<br />
midwife<br />
barnsäng<br />
childbed, lying in<br />
befallningshafvande<br />
<strong>com</strong>mander, chief<br />
befallningsman<br />
bailiff, headman<br />
bergmästare<br />
mine master or foreman<br />
bergsfogde<br />
bailiff of mines<br />
bergslag<br />
region abounding in mines;<br />
mountain district<br />
bergsman<br />
miner<br />
besittningsrätt<br />
right of possession<br />
besökare<br />
visi<strong>to</strong>r; cus<strong>to</strong>ms official<br />
betyg<br />
certificate<br />
bevis<br />
proof, testimony; certificate,<br />
attest; confirmation; voucher<br />
bevistat (läs)förhör<br />
present at household<br />
examination (clerical survey)<br />
boddräng<br />
servant in shop<br />
bodgosse<br />
shopkeeper’s assistant,<br />
shopboy<br />
bokförare<br />
bookkeeper, clerk<br />
bonddräng<br />
farm hand<br />
bonde<br />
farmer, peasant<br />
broder<br />
brother<br />
bror<br />
brother<br />
brud<br />
bride<br />
brudgum<br />
bridegroom<br />
brukare<br />
user, employer; farmer,<br />
tenant<br />
bruksegare<br />
fac<strong>to</strong>ry manager; fac<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
inspec<strong>to</strong>r<br />
bänklängd<br />
pew lists<br />
bär barnet<br />
carried the child at<br />
christening<br />
bödel<br />
executioner, hangman<br />
böndag<br />
fast day<br />
böta<br />
(<strong>to</strong>) pay a fine<br />
C<br />
can<strong>to</strong>r<br />
organist, choir direc<strong>to</strong>r<br />
cognatus (latin)<br />
related<br />
conjugata (latin)<br />
married<br />
copulatus (latin)<br />
married, marriage<br />
copulerad<br />
married<br />
crono<br />
pertaining <strong>to</strong> the crown<br />
crono hem<br />
crown owned home<br />
D<br />
dagsverkare<br />
day laborer<br />
1<br />
danneman<br />
gentleman, farmer<br />
datum<br />
date<br />
de fattigas andel<br />
the poor’s share<br />
den döptes namn<br />
the baptized’s name<br />
den yngre<br />
the younger<br />
den äldre<br />
the older<br />
dies (latin)<br />
day<br />
difteri<br />
diphtheria<br />
direktör<br />
general manager,<br />
vice president<br />
disponent<br />
(acting) manager<br />
distrikt<br />
district<br />
di<strong>to</strong><br />
dit<strong>to</strong><br />
diverse<br />
diverse, various, sundry<br />
dok<strong>to</strong>r<br />
doc<strong>to</strong>r<br />
dombok<br />
book of judgments<br />
domkyrka<br />
cathedral<br />
domprost<br />
pas<strong>to</strong>r in a cathedral parish<br />
domsaga jurisdictional<br />
district<br />
dop<br />
baptism<br />
dopattest<br />
certificate of baptism<br />
doplängd<br />
record of baptism<br />
dopvittne<br />
sponsor at a baptism<br />
dotter<br />
daughter<br />
dragon<br />
light cavalryman, dragoon<br />
drunknad<br />
drowned<br />
dräng<br />
farmhand, bachelor,<br />
young man<br />
död<br />
dead<br />
död- och begravnings-bok,<br />
-böcker<br />
death and burial book, books<br />
dödsdag<br />
day of death<br />
dödslängd<br />
record of death<br />
dödsorsak<br />
cause of death<br />
E<br />
efterlefvande<br />
surviving<br />
efternamn<br />
surname<br />
egare, ägare<br />
owner<br />
embetsman, ämbetsman<br />
official (public or<br />
government)<br />
emeritus<br />
emeritus<br />
emigrera (<strong>to</strong>)<br />
emigrate<br />
enka, änka<br />
widow<br />
enkefru, änkefru<br />
widow (lady)<br />
enkeman, änkeman<br />
widower<br />
enkling, änkling<br />
widower<br />
enskild<br />
private, individual<br />
F<br />
fabrik<br />
fac<strong>to</strong>ry, mill<br />
fadder<br />
sponsor, godfather,<br />
godmother, witness at<br />
christening<br />
fader<br />
father<br />
fallsjuka<br />
epilepsy<br />
familj<br />
family<br />
far<br />
father<br />
farbror<br />
father’s brother, uncle<br />
farfar<br />
father’s father, grandfather<br />
farmor<br />
father’s mother, grandmother<br />
fastedag<br />
day of fasting<br />
fattig<br />
poor<br />
fattigdom<br />
poverty, want<br />
fattighjon<br />
pauper<br />
fattighus<br />
poorhouse<br />
fattigkassa<br />
fund for the relief of the poor
<strong>Swedish</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (<strong>Swedish</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>English</strong>)<br />
filia (latin)<br />
daughter<br />
filius (latin)<br />
son<br />
finsk<br />
Finnish<br />
fiskare<br />
fisherman<br />
fjärdingsman<br />
petty (parish) constable<br />
flicka<br />
girl<br />
fogde<br />
county-steward, bailiff<br />
folio<br />
page<br />
folkräkning<br />
census<br />
folkskola<br />
<strong>com</strong>mon (elementary) school<br />
forskare<br />
inquirer, researcher, scientist<br />
fosterbarn<br />
foster child or foster children<br />
frater (latin)<br />
brother<br />
fregdebetyg<br />
certificate of character<br />
frejd<br />
character<br />
frelse, frälse<br />
free, noble (person);<br />
free from tax<br />
frelsegård<br />
tax-exempt farm<br />
frelsehemman<br />
tax-exempt farm<br />
friherre<br />
baron<br />
frikyrka<br />
free church<br />
fru<br />
mistress, madam, Mrs, wife<br />
fruntimmer<br />
female creature, used <strong>to</strong><br />
describe an unmarried girl<br />
who has mothered a child<br />
fullmäktig<br />
at<strong>to</strong>rney<br />
fältpräst, feltprest<br />
field preacher, army chaplain<br />
fältskär, feltskär<br />
barber surgeon<br />
fängelse, fengelse<br />
prison<br />
föda<br />
(<strong>to</strong>) give birth <strong>to</strong><br />
födelse<br />
birth<br />
födelsebok<br />
birth book<br />
födelseort<br />
place of birth<br />
förfader<br />
forefather<br />
förhörsbok<br />
examination book<br />
förlofvning<br />
betrothal, engagement<br />
förmyndare<br />
guardian<br />
församling<br />
parish,congregation<br />
församling och socken<br />
congregation and parish<br />
församlingsbok<br />
parish record book<br />
förstår<br />
understand<br />
försvarlig<br />
justifiable, irreproachable<br />
försvarslös<br />
person without guardian<br />
or legal protection, vagrant<br />
förteckning<br />
list, catalog, index<br />
förvaltare<br />
administra<strong>to</strong>r, steward<br />
föräldrar<br />
parents<br />
G<br />
gammal<br />
old<br />
garfvare, garvare<br />
tanner<br />
gelbgjutare<br />
brassfounder, brazier<br />
genealog<br />
genealogist<br />
gesäll<br />
apprentice<br />
gift<br />
married; poison<br />
giftermål<br />
marriage ceremony<br />
gif<strong>to</strong>man<br />
bride’s sponsor; guardian,<br />
he who has the right <strong>to</strong> give<br />
a young woman in marriage<br />
gif<strong>to</strong>rätt<br />
a wife’s share of the estate<br />
of her husband<br />
gjutare<br />
foundry worker<br />
glasblåsare<br />
glassblower<br />
gods<br />
goods; property<br />
godsegare, godsägare<br />
estate owner, landed<br />
proprie<strong>to</strong>r<br />
gosse<br />
boy<br />
graf, grav<br />
grave, sepulchre<br />
granne<br />
neighbor<br />
2<br />
grefve, greve<br />
count<br />
grekiskka<strong>to</strong>lsk<br />
Eastern Orthodox<br />
grofsmed, grovsmed<br />
blacksmith<br />
grosshandlare<br />
wholesale merchant<br />
grufarbetare, gruvarbetare<br />
miner<br />
grufdräng, gruvdräng<br />
mine worker<br />
gruffogde, gruvfogde<br />
overseer of a mine,<br />
mine captain<br />
gruffolk, gruvfolk<br />
miners<br />
guddotter<br />
goddaughter<br />
gudfader<br />
godfather<br />
gudmoder<br />
godmother<br />
gudstjenst, gudstjänst<br />
religious service<br />
guldsmed<br />
goldsmith<br />
gumma<br />
old woman<br />
gård<br />
farm, estate; yard,<br />
court; house<br />
gårdfarihandlare<br />
peddler, hawker of goods<br />
and wares<br />
gårdsbrukare<br />
farm worker<br />
gårdsdräng<br />
hostler, farm servant<br />
gårdsegare, gårdsägare<br />
owner of farm<br />
gårdsfolk farm<br />
servants<br />
gårdskarl<br />
farmhand<br />
gäld<br />
debt<br />
gästgifvare<br />
innkeeper<br />
göra dagsverke<br />
<strong>to</strong> day work (on a farm)<br />
H<br />
hammarskatt<br />
tax paid for forged iron<br />
hamnfogde<br />
water bailiff, overseer<br />
of harbor<br />
handelsbetjent<br />
merchant’s clerk, shopman<br />
handelsbiträde<br />
clerk in a shop<br />
handelsbokhållare<br />
merchant’s clerk,<br />
bookkeeper<br />
handelsidkare<br />
trader<br />
hattmakare<br />
hatmaker<br />
hembygd<br />
native place<br />
hemmansbrukare<br />
farmer<br />
hemmansegare<br />
farm owner<br />
herr<br />
Mr., lord<br />
herrgård<br />
manorial estate<br />
hinderslös<br />
free, unhindered<br />
(<strong>to</strong> travel/marry)<br />
hjelpkarl<br />
charman<br />
hjonelag<br />
matrimony<br />
hofrätt, hovrätt<br />
circuit court of appeal<br />
hofslagare, hovslagare<br />
farrier<br />
hosta<br />
(<strong>to</strong>) cough; cough<br />
hufvudarvinge<br />
chief heir<br />
husbonde<br />
small farmer;<br />
head of household<br />
husdräng<br />
man servant<br />
husegare, husägare<br />
proprie<strong>to</strong>r of a house<br />
husförhör<br />
household exemination<br />
husförhörslängd<br />
household exemination<br />
(clerical)<br />
husman<br />
cottager, crofter, tenant<br />
huspiga<br />
housemaid<br />
hustru<br />
wife<br />
hyresgäst<br />
lodger<br />
hytta<br />
smeltery, foundry<br />
håll och stygn<br />
pneumonia<br />
hälftenbrukare<br />
farmer who pays half<br />
the profit of the land let<br />
<strong>to</strong> him<br />
häradsfogde<br />
bailiff of a district<br />
häradshöfding<br />
justice of a district
<strong>Swedish</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (<strong>Swedish</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>English</strong>)<br />
häradsrätt<br />
district court<br />
häradsskrifvare<br />
clerk of a district<br />
I<br />
ibidem (latin)<br />
the same place,<br />
the same as, same<br />
inflyttad<br />
moved in from another<br />
place<br />
infra (latin)<br />
below<br />
inhyses<br />
lodger<br />
inhyseshjon<br />
a person living gratis at<br />
somebody’s house;<br />
a cottager<br />
in loco (latin)<br />
in this place<br />
in- och utflyttning<br />
in and out moving<br />
inskrifning<br />
entering a person’s name,<br />
enrollment<br />
inteckning<br />
mortgage; recording of<br />
a mortgage<br />
intyg<br />
testimony, witness,<br />
certificate, evidence<br />
invandra<br />
<strong>to</strong> immigrate<br />
inventarieförteckning<br />
inven<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
item (latin)<br />
even so, futhermore<br />
J<br />
jordbrukare<br />
farmer<br />
jordebok<br />
public register of land<br />
jordegare, jordägare<br />
landed proprie<strong>to</strong>r, landlord<br />
jordfästning<br />
bury, burial<br />
K<br />
kapellförsamling<br />
chapelry, small chapel,<br />
dependant branch of<br />
a parish<br />
kapten<br />
captain<br />
katekes<br />
catechism<br />
katekismilängd<br />
<strong>com</strong>munion record<br />
ka<strong>to</strong>lsk<br />
Catholic<br />
kavalleriinspektör<br />
Inspec<strong>to</strong>r General of<br />
the Cavalry<br />
kirurg<br />
surgeon<br />
klensmed<br />
locksmith<br />
kofferdi<br />
merchant service<br />
kofferdiskepp<br />
trading vessel<br />
kolorist<br />
colorist, one who deals<br />
in colors<br />
kommissarie<br />
<strong>com</strong>missary, <strong>com</strong>missioner<br />
kommissioner<br />
<strong>com</strong>missioner, agent<br />
kommun<br />
parish; <strong>com</strong>mune; <strong>to</strong> receive<br />
the Lord’s supper<br />
konfirmationsböcker<br />
confirmation books<br />
konfirmerad<br />
confirmed<br />
konkurs<br />
bankruptcy<br />
kon<strong>to</strong>rist<br />
clerk<br />
kontrahent<br />
contracting party<br />
kontrollör<br />
controller<br />
koppor<br />
smallpox<br />
kristen<br />
Christian<br />
krog<br />
alehouse, public tavern<br />
krono<br />
belonging <strong>to</strong> the crown<br />
(government)<br />
kronobetjent<br />
constaple<br />
kronofogde<br />
district bailiff; at<strong>to</strong>rney<br />
kronohemman<br />
farm owned by the crown<br />
kronojord<br />
land belonging <strong>to</strong> the crown<br />
kronotionde<br />
tithe due <strong>to</strong> the crown<br />
krono<strong>to</strong>rpare<br />
crofter living on land<br />
belonging <strong>to</strong> the goverment<br />
kronoutskylder<br />
government taxes<br />
krögare<br />
alehouse or tavern keeper<br />
3<br />
kusin<br />
cousin<br />
kvinna<br />
woman<br />
kvinnolinje<br />
female line<br />
kvinnsfaddrar<br />
female sponsors at<br />
christening<br />
kyrka<br />
church<br />
kyrkobok<br />
church book, parish register<br />
kyrkoby<br />
village in which the parish<br />
church is located<br />
kyrkogång<br />
introduction in<strong>to</strong> church<br />
after childbirth<br />
kyrkoherde<br />
parish minister, parson<br />
kyrkoräkenskaper<br />
church accounts<br />
kyrkotagning<br />
churching (introdution of<br />
mother in<strong>to</strong> congreation<br />
after childbirth)<br />
kyrkovaktare<br />
church officer or caretaker<br />
kyrkvärd<br />
church warden<br />
kyrkoår<br />
church year<br />
köping<br />
small <strong>to</strong>wn; market <strong>to</strong>wn<br />
köpman<br />
merchant<br />
L<br />
lada<br />
barn<br />
ladugård<br />
cowhouse, cowshed; barn;<br />
farm<br />
buildings; dairy farm<br />
ladugårdspiga<br />
milk maid<br />
lagfart<br />
legal confirmation of<br />
possession; probate<br />
lagfartspro<strong>to</strong>koll<br />
probate accounts<br />
lagkarl<br />
lawyer<br />
laglig<br />
legal, lawful<br />
lagman<br />
district judge<br />
lagsaga<br />
district jurisdiction<br />
land<br />
country<br />
landsarkiv<br />
provincial archive<br />
landsförsamling<br />
rural parish of a city<br />
landshöfding<br />
governor of a province<br />
landskansli<br />
provincial chancery office,<br />
office of the Clerk of the<br />
Peace<br />
landskanslist<br />
servant (clerk) in the<br />
provincial chancery office<br />
landskap<br />
province<br />
landskon<strong>to</strong>rist<br />
lower civil servant worker<br />
landtbruksgods<br />
(large) (landed) estate;<br />
country seat<br />
landtbrukare, lantbrukare<br />
husbandman, gentleman<br />
farmer (well <strong>to</strong> do)<br />
landtmäteri, lantmäteri<br />
land surveying<br />
lasarett<br />
hospital<br />
legohjon<br />
hired servant<br />
liten<br />
little, small<br />
literat<br />
man of letters<br />
lungsot<br />
consumption, tuberculosis<br />
lysning<br />
bann<br />
lysnings- och vigselböcker<br />
banns and marriage books<br />
låntagare<br />
borrower<br />
låssmed<br />
locksmith<br />
läkare<br />
doc<strong>to</strong>r<br />
länsbokhållare<br />
county accountant’s clerk<br />
länsfängelse<br />
county jail<br />
länsherre<br />
liege lord<br />
länsman<br />
sergeant in a district;<br />
liegeman, vassal<br />
länsrätt<br />
feudal right<br />
läser och förstår<br />
reads and understands<br />
läser utantill<br />
knows by heart<br />
läsning innantill<br />
reading in the book
<strong>Swedish</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (<strong>Swedish</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>English</strong>)<br />
läst<br />
last<br />
lätteligen<br />
easily<br />
löf, löv<br />
leaf<br />
lördag<br />
Saturday<br />
lösa arbetare<br />
day laborers<br />
M<br />
madam<br />
Mrs., married woman<br />
magister<br />
master of arts or science<br />
mamsell<br />
miss, young woman<br />
mantal<br />
assessed unit of land;<br />
taxation of farm<br />
manufakturarbetare<br />
fac<strong>to</strong>ry worker<br />
marknad<br />
market, fair<br />
meritlista<br />
(list of) qualifications<br />
middag<br />
noon, noonday, midday<br />
minderårig<br />
underage<br />
ministerialbok<br />
parish register<br />
minuthandlare<br />
retailer<br />
morbror<br />
mother’s brother, uncle<br />
morfar<br />
mother’s father, grandfather<br />
mormor<br />
mother’s mother,<br />
grandmother<br />
musikant<br />
musician<br />
myndig<br />
of age, attain majority<br />
måg<br />
son-in-law<br />
mässling<br />
measles<br />
mästare<br />
master, expert<br />
mönsterrulla<br />
muster roll<br />
mönsterskrifvare<br />
roll clerck at regiment<br />
N<br />
namn<br />
name<br />
nattvard<br />
supper (<strong>com</strong>munion)<br />
natus (latin)<br />
born<br />
necessitate baptisatus (latin)<br />
<strong>com</strong>pulsory baptism<br />
nedan<br />
below, beneath<br />
nemdeman, nämndeman<br />
juryman<br />
nepos (latin)<br />
nephew, grandchild,<br />
descendant<br />
nerffeber, nervfeber<br />
typhoid fever<br />
nybyggare<br />
settler<br />
nådehjon almsman,<br />
one who lives on charity<br />
nöddop<br />
emergency or<br />
private baptism<br />
O<br />
obefintlig<br />
non-existent, not <strong>to</strong><br />
be found<br />
obefintlighetslängd<br />
list (roll) of absconded<br />
parishioners<br />
odalman<br />
freeholder (one who has<br />
tenure on property for life),<br />
yeoman; farmer who<br />
actually owns the land that<br />
he farms<br />
odaterad<br />
not dated<br />
odöpt<br />
not baptized<br />
officer<br />
(military <strong>com</strong>missioned)<br />
officer<br />
ofrälse<br />
not noble; the <strong>com</strong>mons<br />
(land)<br />
ofvan<br />
above<br />
ofvanföre<br />
above, farther up<br />
ofvanstående<br />
the above (foregoing)<br />
oförmåga<br />
inability, impotency<br />
ogift<br />
unmarried<br />
okänd<br />
unknown<br />
olycka<br />
accident, misfortune<br />
omgift<br />
married again<br />
4<br />
omyndig<br />
minor, underage<br />
ort<br />
country, region, place, soil<br />
ostindiefarare<br />
East-Indiaman; man from<br />
East India<br />
oäkta dotter<br />
illegitimate daughter<br />
P<br />
pas<strong>to</strong>r<br />
reverend, parish minister<br />
pas<strong>to</strong>rat<br />
parish<br />
patron<br />
patron, protec<strong>to</strong>r, master<br />
personakt<br />
personal record<br />
piga<br />
maid, spinster, single girl<br />
pingst<br />
Pentecost, Whitsunday<br />
polis<br />
police<br />
polisbetjent<br />
policeman, constable<br />
prost<br />
dean of a cathedral, or rural<br />
dean<br />
prosteri<br />
deanery<br />
pro<strong>to</strong>kollsekreterare<br />
one who takes the minutes<br />
provinsialläkare<br />
medical officer <strong>to</strong> county<br />
council<br />
präst<br />
minister<br />
prästgård<br />
parsonage<br />
prästman<br />
clergyman<br />
Q<br />
quae, qui, quod (latin)<br />
who, which<br />
R<br />
regementsräkenskaper<br />
regimental accounts<br />
renata (latin)<br />
christened, baptized<br />
reservofficer<br />
officer (in) the reserve<br />
riddare<br />
nobleman, knight<br />
riddarhuset<br />
house of nobility<br />
riksarkivet<br />
national or state archives<br />
riksdag<br />
diet, national parliament<br />
riksdagsman<br />
member of parliament<br />
rote [pronounced root-eh]<br />
a pair, small group; part of<br />
a terri<strong>to</strong>ry; district of a<br />
parish or city; ward<br />
rotebonde<br />
farmer who is bound <strong>to</strong><br />
contribute <strong>to</strong> a foot soldier’s<br />
or a sailor’s maintenance<br />
rotehjon<br />
pauper within a “rote”<br />
(district)<br />
rotehållare<br />
farmer who is bound <strong>to</strong><br />
furnish a foot soldier’s os<br />
sailor’s equipment<br />
rotemästare<br />
chief of file, quartermaster<br />
roterings- och utskrifningslängderna<br />
list of grouped potential<br />
soldiers and conscripts<br />
rulla<br />
record, list<br />
rusthåll<br />
lands (farms) required <strong>to</strong><br />
equip a soldier<br />
rusthållare<br />
owner of a farm (land) which<br />
is bound <strong>to</strong> funish supplies<br />
for a cavalryman<br />
ryttare<br />
cavalryman, horseman<br />
räkenskaper<br />
records of accounts<br />
räntmästare<br />
treasurer<br />
rödsot<br />
dysentery<br />
S<br />
sammanviga<br />
(<strong>to</strong>) join in marriage<br />
sepulta (latin)<br />
buried<br />
sergeant<br />
sergeant<br />
sidostyng<br />
pleurisy<br />
silfversmed<br />
silver smith<br />
sistnämnd<br />
last, last mentioned<br />
sjukdom<br />
sickness<br />
sjökapten<br />
sea captain
<strong>Swedish</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (<strong>Swedish</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>English</strong>)<br />
sjömanshus<br />
general register and record<br />
office of shipping and<br />
sailors<br />
skadad<br />
injured, badly hurt<br />
skatt<br />
tax<br />
skattebonde<br />
a farmer who pays rent <strong>to</strong><br />
the crown or a nobleman<br />
skattmästare<br />
treasurer<br />
skattskrifning<br />
tax list<br />
skeppsmönsterrullor<br />
navy muster rolls<br />
skiljobref<br />
bill of divorce<br />
skilsmässa<br />
divorce; seperation<br />
skjutsbonde<br />
postillion, driver<br />
skomakare<br />
shoemaker<br />
skrifva, skriva<br />
(<strong>to</strong>) write<br />
skräddare<br />
tailor<br />
slaktare<br />
butcher<br />
släkt<br />
family, kindred, relation,<br />
tribe<br />
släktbok<br />
lineage book<br />
släktforskning<br />
genealogy<br />
släkting<br />
relative<br />
släktskap<br />
relationship, kinship, affinity<br />
smed<br />
smith, blacksmith<br />
smittkoppor<br />
smallpox<br />
småpro<strong>to</strong>koll<br />
guardian accounts<br />
snickare<br />
carpenter, joiner<br />
socken<br />
parish<br />
sockenstuga<br />
house where<br />
church-wardens and<br />
parishioners hold meetings<br />
sockenstämma<br />
parish meeting<br />
sockenstämmopro<strong>to</strong>koll<br />
minutes of parish meetings<br />
soldat<br />
soldier<br />
soldat<strong>to</strong>rp<br />
soldier’s croft<br />
sponsores (latin)<br />
witnesses<br />
stad<br />
city, <strong>to</strong>wn<br />
stadsarkiv<br />
city archive<br />
stadsbetjent<br />
policeman, <strong>to</strong>wnsman<br />
stadsfullmäktig<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn counsellor<br />
stadsförsamling<br />
city parish<br />
stamfader<br />
progeni<strong>to</strong>r, ances<strong>to</strong>r,<br />
the first ances<strong>to</strong>r<br />
stammoder<br />
the first mother<br />
statare<br />
cotter, farm laborer<br />
sterbhus<br />
house or family of a<br />
deceased person<br />
stjuffader, styvfader, styvfar<br />
step-father<br />
stjufmoder, styvmoder, styvmor<br />
step-mother<br />
s<strong>to</strong>r<br />
big, large<br />
studiosus (latin)<br />
student<br />
styf-, styv-<br />
step- (as in stepson)<br />
sub (latin)<br />
under<br />
supra (latin)<br />
above<br />
T<br />
testes (latin)<br />
witnesses or sponsors<br />
at baptism<br />
tjenare, tjänare<br />
servant<br />
tjenarinna, tjänarinna<br />
female servant, maid<br />
tjenstefolk, tjänstefolk<br />
servants<br />
tjänsteman<br />
civil servant<br />
<strong>to</strong>rpare<br />
crofter, cottager, peasant<br />
trolofvad<br />
betrothed; engaged<br />
5<br />
U<br />
undantagsman<br />
previous farm owner<br />
receiving his livinghood/<br />
support from the person<br />
<strong>to</strong> whom the farm now<br />
belongs (usually related, as<br />
in father and son)<br />
undantagsrättighet<br />
the right of exemption or<br />
special privilege<br />
uppbud<br />
proclamation<br />
uppbördsman<br />
receiver of taxes, revenue<br />
collec<strong>to</strong>r<br />
utdrag<br />
extract<br />
utflyttad<br />
moved<br />
utflyttning<br />
removal; migration;<br />
emigration<br />
V<br />
vaccinera<br />
(<strong>to</strong>) vaccinate<br />
vattusot<br />
dropsy<br />
vecka<br />
week<br />
vigd<br />
married<br />
vigselbok<br />
marriage book<br />
vitsord<br />
witness, authority,<br />
testimonial<br />
vittnesmål<br />
deposition, evidence<br />
volontär<br />
volunteer; army cadet,<br />
candidate for a lietenant’s<br />
<strong>com</strong>mission; unsalaried<br />
clerk (in a bank)<br />
välfrejdad<br />
of good reputation<br />
värnplikt<br />
<strong>com</strong>pulsory military service<br />
Y<br />
yngre<br />
younger<br />
yrke<br />
profession, occupation,<br />
trade
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