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SWEDISH WORD |
ALTERNATE
WORDS &
SPELLINGS |
THUMBNAIL PICTURE
(click to enlarge) |
ENGLISH
TRANSLATION |
EXPLANATION |
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agn |
ang (misspelling?) |
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bait |
to bait fish withal |
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alltså |
sålunda |
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thus |
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aln |
alnmått
linjal |
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ruler |
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andan |
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andirons |
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andel |
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share |
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anka |
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duck |
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anker |
ankar
ankare
ankaor |
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keg |
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ark |
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sheet |
as in sheet of paper |
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ask |
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box |
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aska spad |
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shovel for ashes |
literally ashes spade |
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avlång |
aflångt |
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oblong |
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axel |
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axle |
picture shows a wooden axle
strenghthened by iron connected to a wooden wheel |
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badkar |
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bathtub |
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bakelseform |
bakform |
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pastry form |
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bakkavle |
bakkavle med pick
bakkavel
kavle
kavel |
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rolling pin |
see also pick and
brödnagg |
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baktråg |
bakatråg |
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baking trough |
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band |
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ribbon |
a narrow piece of cloth |
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bandhake |
bandhakar (pl.) |
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band hook |
for adjusting bands on a
barrel or other container made of staves |
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bandkniv |
bandknif |
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spokeshave |
blade with two handles
for removing a "ribbon" or "band" of shavings from wood |
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bandstol |
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ribbon loom |
also called an inkle
loom, for weaving narrow
material |
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bark |
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bark |
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barkad-läder |
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tanned leather |
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barn |
barn (pl.) |
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child |
see three of Pono's
brother's children |
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barndom |
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childhood |
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bast |
ljinbast
linbast |
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bast |
flax fiber, used to make linen |
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begravning |
begrafning |
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funeral |
jordfästning is
actual burial |
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behållne |
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well-kept |
picture is behållne
getter (well-kept goats) |
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behör |
short form of tillbehör |
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accessories |
also see tillbehör -
items having accessories include stills, plows, and looms - picture is not
appropriate to the time frame |
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bergslagskamin |
tackjärnkakelugn
järnkakelugn |
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round cast iron stove |
see kakelugn for
comparison
One bouppteckning lists a
"tackjärnskakelugn med dubbelpipa"
(with double pipes), quite descriptive of the picture shown. |
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berett |
beredd
beredda |
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prepared |
hides are berett (prepared) by tanning |
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besman |
betsman
handvåg |
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steelyard balance |
for weight measurement |
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betsel |
basal |
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bit |
for the mouth of a horse -
picture shows 5 old bits - betsel sometimes includes the bridle that
connects to the bit |
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bibel |
bibeln |
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bible |
bibeln is "the
bible" while bibel is "bible" |
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bikupa |
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bee hive |
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billa yxa |
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broad axe |
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binge |
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bin |
used for storage of
grain, flour, etc. |
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bjällra |
biälla
biellar
klocka |
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bell |
klocka may also be a
clock - watch context |
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björk |
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birch |
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blaggarn |
blagarn
blångarn |
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coarse linen |
also called brown cloth
and tow cloth |
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blandkorn |
blankorn |
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mixed grain |
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blandpanna |
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mixing pan |
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bleck |
bläk |
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tin |
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blå
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mörkblåth |
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blue |
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blåsbälg |
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bellows |
literally blow-bellows |
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bock |
båck
bok |
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billy goat |
also refers to deer |
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bockskinn |
båckskinn |
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billy goat skin |
also refers to deerskin |
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bod |
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shed |
bod
(shed), boden (the shed) |
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bogträ |
bogtre, bogträn (pl.)
lokor
lokträn
bogträd (misspell?) |
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collar |
for beasts of burden. See
this chart for identification of all parts of a harness |
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bok |
bökar (pl.)
böcker (pl.) |
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book |
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bolster |
bollster
bulstra
långdyna |
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bolster |
may also be a feather
bed or bedspread |
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bord |
bol |
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table |
picture is a
blue-painted table with chairs (blå målat bord med stolar) |
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bordbänk |
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table bench |
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bordduk |
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tablecloth |
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bordkniv |
bolknifver |
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table knife |
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bordlåda |
drag låda |
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drawer |
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bord skifa |
bord skiva |
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table leaf |
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borrsväng |
borr
borra |
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brace and bit |
for comparison, see
navare |
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boskap |
bodskap
kreatur
kreattur |
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cattle, livestock |
see also kreatur |
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botten |
battan |
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bottom |
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bouppteckning |
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estate inventory |
several of these
documents are the source of all the words in this Swedish-English pictorial
dictionary |
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bouteille |
butelj
flaska |
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bottle |
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brand |
eld |
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fire |
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brand järn |
pannring
trevot |
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trivet |
literally fire iron, see also
pannring |
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brand krok |
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fire hook |
see eldgaffel - poker |
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bricka |
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tray |
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broderi |
broebåt |
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embroidery |
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brukbara |
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usable |
see also obrukbara
(unusable) |
brun
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brown |
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brygghus |
brygghuset |
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brew house |
great picture of a
brännvinspanna (still)
in the brew house |
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bryggkar |
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brew vat |
see a comparison of
containers made of staves here |
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bräder |
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boards |
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brännvin |
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snaps, aquavit |
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brännvinspanna |
brännavins gäng |
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still pan |
alternate is a still set |
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bröd |
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bread |
Swedish limpa rye bread
- pass the smör |
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brödnagg |
pick |
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prick |
used to put vent holes
in bread and pie crusts
See also pick and bakkavle |
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bröhafwre |
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bread oats |
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brölåda |
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bread box |
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bröpanna |
bröpan |
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bread pan |
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bunke |
bonke |
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pan or bowl |
usually pan if metal, bowl if
porcelain or wood |
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burk |
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container with cover |
also can
See picture for other
examples |
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butelj |
buttäl
butälar (pl.)
puttäl,
putäl
putälar (pl.) |
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bottle |
see also putäl |
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bytta |
byttor (pl.)
bötta
böttar (pl.)
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tub |
smallish container, usually of wood, often with 1 or 2 handles, a lid,
and/or 3 legs. Often named for its use – see smörbytta, mjölbytta,
mjölkbytta, källbytta, lågbytta, tjärbytta – or an attribute – see
låkbytta, tjällbytta – or just because – see stånkbytta
see picture for other samples
also see a comparison of
containers made of staves here |
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byxa |
byxor
byxar |
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pants |
or trousers |
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bås |
båsar |
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stall |
for animals - see also stånd |
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båt |
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boat |
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bädd |
bäd |
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bed |
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bägare |
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goblet |
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bälg |
blåsbälg |
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bellows |
see also blåsbälg |
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bälte |
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belt |
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bämpel |
bämplar (pl.) |
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small wooden flask |
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bänk |
bänka
långsäte |
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bench |
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bärkasse |
bärk |
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carrier |
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bärså |
bärsåar (pl.) |
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carrying tub |
probably a laundry tub |
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bäst |
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best |
bäst, bättre, samma, sämre,
än sämre, sämst are relative quality terms equivalent to
best, better, same, worse, still worse, worst |
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bättre |
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better |
relative quality term -
see picture |
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bölla |
bulla |
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bowl |
large wooden bowl |
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bön |
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prayer |
bön also relates
to beans |
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Christningskläde |
dopkläde |
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Christening clothes |
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daler |
dalar |
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daler |
unit of money with value
varying according to time
Picture shows "emergency" coinage - enlarge for both obverse and reverse. |
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diverse |
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various |
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djup |
djupa
djupt
jupt |
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deep |
a djupt fat (deep
dish) is a bowl |
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dosa |
dåsa |
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box |
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dotter |
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daughter |
Pono's son's dotter
(daughter) |
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drag |
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log scribe, dividers |
marks logs to fit them
together - see how this tool is used for
log joinery |
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dragkärra |
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pull cart |
small, pulled by a
person - kärra covers a variety of rolling conveyances - see a
discussion here |
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dricka |
drycka
drik
dreke |
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drink, beverage |
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drickskanna |
dryckskanna |
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drink, beverage
container |
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drickstunna |
dryckstunna |
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drink, beverage barrel |
barrel shown has a
tapphål (tap hole) to access contents
see a comparison of containers made of staves
here |
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dräll |
dräl |
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dräll |
a form of weave
characterized by a block pattern - pictures illustrate two dräll
table cloths (bordduk) |
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dröftetråg |
dröftte tråg |
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winnowing tray |
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dubbel |
dubbla
dubelt |
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double |
picture is Sandin twins |
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duk |
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cloth |
usually tablecloth, see
bordduk |
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durkslag |
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colander |
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dussin |
tolft |
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dozen |
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dyna |
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cushion |
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dynga |
dynge |
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dung |
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dörr |
dorriner |
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door |
picture shows cabinet
doors |
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ek |
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oak |
the tree and wood from
the tree |
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eka |
öka |
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flat bottomed row boat |
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eldbärare |
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fire bearer |
literally fire bearer or
carrier like one who carries the Olympic torch, but probably a metal
container for hot coals |
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eldgaffel |
eldgafel |
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poker |
literally fire fork |
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elv |
elf
älv |
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river |
elven/elfen/älven
(the river) |