INDEX OF BOUPPTECKNING OBJECTS
WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS AND PICTURES
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This page covers objects a thru e
Objects f thru j
Objects k thru l
Objects m thru r
Objects s
Objects t thru ö
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SWEDISH WORD | ALTERNATE WORDS & SPELLINGS |
THUMBNAIL PICTURE (click to enlarge) |
ENGLISH TRANSLATION | EXPLANATION |
agn | ang (misspelling?) |
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bait | to bait fish withal |
alltså | sålunda |
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thus | |
aln | alnmått linjal |
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ruler | |
andan |
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andirons | ||
andel |
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share | ||
anka |
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duck | ||
anker | ankar ankare ankaor |
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keg | |
ark |
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sheet | as in sheet of paper | |
ask |
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box | ||
aska spad |
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shovel for ashes | literally ashes spade | |
avlång | aflångt |
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oblong | |
axel |
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axle | picture shows a wooden axle strenghthened by iron connected to a wooden wheel | |
badkar |
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bathtub | ||
bakelseform | bakform |
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pastry form | |
bakkavle | bakkavle med pick bakkavel kavle kavel |
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rolling pin | see also pick and brödnagg |
baktråg | bakatråg |
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baking trough | |
band |
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ribbon | a narrow piece of cloth | |
bandhake | bandhakar (pl.) |
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band hook | for adjusting bands on a barrel or other container made of staves |
bandkniv | bandknif |
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spokeshave | blade with two handles for removing a "ribbon" or "band" of shavings from wood |
bandstol |
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ribbon loom | also called an inkle loom, for weaving narrow material | |
bark |
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bark | ||
barkad-läder |
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tanned leather | ||
barn | barn (pl.) |
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child | see three of Pono's brother's children |
barndom |
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childhood | ||
bast | ljinbast linbast |
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bast | flax fiber, used to make linen |
begravning | begrafning |
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funeral | jordfästning is actual burial |
behållne |
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well-kept | picture is behållne getter (well-kept goats) | |
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 |
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. |
berett |
beredd beredda |
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prepared | hides are berett (prepared) by tanning |
besman | betsman handvåg |
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steelyard balance | for weight measurement |
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 |
bibel | bibeln |
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bible | bibeln is "the bible" while bibel is "bible" |
bikupa |
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bee hive | ||
billa yxa |
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broad axe | ||
binge |
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bin | used for storage of grain, flour, etc. | |
bjällra | biälla biellar klocka |
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bell | klocka may also be a clock - watch context |
björk |
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birch | ||
blaggarn | blagarn blångarn |
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coarse linen | also called brown cloth and tow cloth |
blandkorn | blankorn |
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mixed grain | |
blandpanna |
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mixing pan | ||
bleck | bläk |
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tin | |
blå |
mörkblåth | blue | ||
blåsbälg |
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bellows | literally blow-bellows | |
bock | båck bok |
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billy goat | also refers to deer |
bockskinn | båckskinn |
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billy goat skin | also refers to deerskin |
bod |
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shed | bod (shed), boden (the shed) | |
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 |
bok | bökar (pl.) böcker (pl.) |
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book | |
bolster | bollster bulstra långdyna |
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bolster | may also be a feather bed or bedspread |
bord | bol |
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table | picture is a blue-painted table with chairs (blå målat bord med stolar) |
bordbänk |
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table bench | ||
bordduk |
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tablecloth | ||
bordkniv | bolknifver |
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table knife | |
bordlåda | drag låda |
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drawer | |
bord skifa | bord skiva |
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table leaf | |
borrsväng | borr borra |
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brace and bit | for comparison, see navare |
boskap | bodskap kreatur kreattur |
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cattle, livestock | see also kreatur |
botten | battan |
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bottom | |
bouppteckning |
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estate inventory | several of these documents are the source of all the words in this Swedish-English pictorial dictionary | |
bouteille | butelj flaska |
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bottle | |
brand | eld |
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fire | |
brand järn | pannring trevot |
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trivet | literally fire iron, see also pannring |
brand krok |
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fire hook | see eldgaffel - poker | |
bricka |
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tray | ||
broderi | broebåt |
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embroidery | |
brukbara |
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usable | see also obrukbara (unusable) | |
brun |
brown | |||
brygghus | brygghuset |
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brew house | great picture of a brännvinspanna (still) in the brew house |
bryggkar |
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brew vat | see a comparison of containers made of staves here | |
bräder |
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boards | ||
brännvin |
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snaps, aquavit | ||
brännvinspanna | brännavins gäng |
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still pan | alternate is a still set |
bröd |
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bread | Swedish limpa rye bread - pass the smör | |
brödnagg | pick |
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prick | used to put vent holes
in bread and pie crusts See also pick and bakkavle |
bröhafwre |
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bread oats | ||
brölåda |
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bread box | ||
bröpanna | bröpan |
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bread pan | |
bunke | bonke |
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pan or bowl | usually pan if metal, bowl if porcelain or wood |
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 |
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 |
byxa | byxor byxar |
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pants | or trousers |
bås | båsar |
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stall | for animals - see also stånd |
båt |
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boat | ||
bädd | bäd |
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bed | |
bägare |
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goblet | ||
bälg | blåsbälg |
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bellows | see also blåsbälg |
bälte |
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belt | ||
bämpel | bämplar (pl.) |
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small wooden flask | |
bänk | bänka långsäte |
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bench | |
bärkasse | bärk |
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carrier | |
bärså | bärsåar (pl.) |
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carrying tub | probably a laundry tub |
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 | |
bölla | bulla |
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bowl | large wooden bowl |
bön |
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prayer | bön also relates to beans | |
Christningskläde | dopkläde |
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Christening clothes | |
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. |
diverse |
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various | ||
djup | djupa djupt jupt |
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deep | a djupt fat (deep dish) is a bowl |
dosa | dåsa |
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box | |
dotter |
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daughter | Pono's son's dotter (daughter) | |
drag |
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log scribe, dividers | marks logs to fit them together - see how this tool is used for log joinery | |
dragkärra |
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pull cart | small, pulled by a person - kärra covers a variety of rolling conveyances - see a discussion here | |
dricka | drycka drik dreke |
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drink, beverage | |
drickskanna | dryckskanna |
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drink, beverage container | |
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 |
dräll | dräl |
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dräll | a form of weave characterized by a block pattern - pictures illustrate two dräll table cloths (bordduk) |
dröftetråg | dröftte tråg |
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winnowing tray | |
dubbel | dubbla dubelt |
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double | picture is Sandin twins |
duk |
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cloth | usually tablecloth, see bordduk | |
durkslag |
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colander | ||
dussin | tolft |
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dozen | |
dyna |
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cushion | ||
dynga | dynge |
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dung | |
dörr | dorriner |
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door | picture shows cabinet doors |
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oak | the tree and wood from the tree | |
eka | öka |
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flat bottomed row boat | |
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 | |
eldgaffel | eldgafel |
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poker | literally fire fork |
elv | elf älv |
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river | elven/elfen/älven (the river) |
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Objects f thru j
Objects k thru l
Objects m thru r
Objects s
Objects t thru ö
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