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SWEDISH WORD |
ALTERNATE
WORDS &
SPELLINGS |
THUMBNAIL PICTURE
(click to enlarge) |
ENGLISH
TRANSLATION |
EXPLANATION |
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madrass |
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mattress |
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malm |
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bronze |
malm also means
ore |
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man |
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man |
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matskåp |
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food cabinet |
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matsked |
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tablespoon |
literally food spoon |
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metall |
metal |
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metal |
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mindre |
smärre |
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smaller |
relative term - see
picture
The set is stor, mindre, än mindre (large, smaller, still smaller) |
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mjöl |
miöhl |
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flour |
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mjölbytta |
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flour tub |
see bytta for discussion |
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mjölk |
miölk |
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milk |
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mjölkbytta |
miölkbytta |
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milk tub |
see bytta for discussion |
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mjölkista |
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flour chest |
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mjölksil |
miölksil
hårsikt
florsikt |
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milk strainer |
the + shaped hole is
covered with pig bristles, gauze or juniper twigs to strain out impurities |
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mjölkstäva |
miölkstäva
miölkstäfvor
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milk
pail with handle |
The extra long stave used as a handle accounts for the name mjölkstäva
(literally milk stem) – stäv = stem.
See a comparison of containers made of staves
here |
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mortel med stöt |
mortarre
.. med järnstöt |
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mortar and pestle |
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motbok |
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passbook |
the record of a debt
often referred to in bouppteckningar
In the 20th century, motboken were primarily used to control the use of alcohol through
rationing. |
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muddar |
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wrist warmers |
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myndig |
vuxen |
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adult |
to differentiate from
omyndig (minor) - which see |
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mynt |
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money |
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målat |
målad
mållat |
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painted |
see omålat |
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mått |
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size |
what size dog do you
have? |
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måttkärl |
målkärl |
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measuring container |
kanna – 2.61 liter
kappe – 4.58 liter
åtting – 15.7 liter
skäppa – about a bushel |
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mässing |
messing
mäsing |
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brass |
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mössa |
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cap |
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mössa-trind |
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cap-round |
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nagel |
spik |
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nail |
can also mean a dowel
for joining wood (think treenail) |
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nageltorn |
nagelton |
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nail head form |
nail is held by form
while head is flattened out with a hammer
Picture is hand-made
nails possibly made with a nageltorn |
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nattkappe |
nattkappor (pl.)
nattlinne |
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dickey |
collar and shirt front -
when worn with a jacket it looks like a shirt |
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navare |
navre
nåver
spiralborr
nafvare, nafwaror |
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auger, drill |
see borrsväng for
comparison |
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ned |
ner |
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down |
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ny |
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new |
what could be newer? |
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nyckel |
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key |
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nyckelskåp |
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key
cabinet |
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nystan |
nystan (pl.)
nyst |
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ball of yarn |
or ball of string (not
beach ball) |
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nystvindor |
nystblad
nystfot
nystkrona |
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yarn winder |
for winding yarn from a
spinrock (spinning wheel)
Also called a yarn swift. |
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nål |
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needle |
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nålhus |
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needle holder |
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näsaglas |
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spectacles, eyeglasses |
literally nose glass |
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näsduk |
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handkerchief |
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nät |
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net |
for fishing |
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näver |
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birch bark |
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obrukbara |
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unusable |
see brukbara
(usable) for comparison |
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obrunt |
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untanned |
this pelt is definitely
not tanned |
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oduglig |
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useless |
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ohäklar |
ohäckla |
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unheckled |
flax after breaking and before
heckling
see also linne |
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ok |
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yoke |
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omkring |
omringa |
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around, encircle |
picture is ring
omkring (around) the moon |
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omyndig |
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minor |
to differentiate from
myndig (adult) - which see
Can also apply to a legally incompetent adult. |
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omålat |
omålad |
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unpainted |
see målat |
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orgelnist |
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organist |
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oskodd |
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unshod |
these wooden wheels are
said to be unshod since they have no metal band where the wheel hits the
road - a wooden wheel, sleigh runner and shovel, and a horse's hoof can all
be shod or unshod - see this illustrated
here |
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ost |
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cheese |
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ostform |
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cheese form |
shapes and imprints a pattern on
the cheese |
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ostkar |
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cheese tub |
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otröskad |
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unthreshed |
picture is otröskad
(unthreshed) wheat |
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otvätta |
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unwashed |
Pono's great-grandson at one
year old |
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ox |
oxe |
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ox |
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oxhyvel |
oxhöfwel |
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plane
with two sets of handles |
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pall |
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stool |
also stepstool |
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panna |
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pan |
picture is a sten
panna med fötter (stoneware pan with feet) |
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pannkaka |
pannkakor |
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pancake |
m-m-m-m, pass the
lingonberries and smör |
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pannkaka spad |
pannakaka spad |
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pancake turner, spatula |
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pannring |
trefot |
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trivet |
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par |
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pair |
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pase järn |
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fitting iron |
farrier's tool for fitting horse
shoes - probably the level on the right |
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pick |
bakkavle med pick
brödnagg |
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prick |
used for venting pie
crust, etc.
see also brödnagg and bakkavle |
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pipa |
pipor (pl.) |
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pipe |
also means a pipe for
smoking |
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pittar |
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whistle |
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plank |
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fence |
plank can also
mean board, plank |
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plåt |
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plate, sheet |
for example, rusty plate of iron |
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pokal |
bägare
pogal |
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cup |
pokal is more
related to a trophy cup where bägare is more related to a drinking
cup or goblet |
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portelin |
porslin
porselin
porcelijn
pöstalind |
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porcelain |
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post |
postar (pl.) |
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post |
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potatis |
jordpäron |
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potato |
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potatis korv |
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potato sausage |
thumbnail is after
cooking, see picture for before |
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psalmbok |
|
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book of hymns and/or
prayers |
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puddingform |
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pudding form |
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putäl |
putälar (pl.)
puttäl
puttälar (pl.)
butäl (and variations), butelj |
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bottle |
see also butelj |
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putta |
plunta |
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pocket |
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putta butelj |
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pocket bottle |
a flat bottle, sometimes
slightly rounded to fit a pocket |
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påse |
påsar (pl.) |
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bag |
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päls |
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fur, fur coat |
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qviga |
qwiga
kviga |
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heifer |
a never bred female bovine
see also kviga |
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qvinna |
kvinna |
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woman |
Queen Silvia in Swedish National
costume |
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rakkniv |
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razor |
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rama |
ramar (pl.) |
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frame |
for picture
See tavla |
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randig |
randita
randitte |
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striped |
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rasp |
fil |
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file |
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rep |
lina
tåg |
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rope |
also cable |
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revers |
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promissory note |
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ridsadel |
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riding saddle |
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ring |
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ring |
this ring was worn by
Pono's father - the stone is hematite - a type of iron ore that came from the mines
of Upper Michigan where he worked when he was quite young |
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ris |
risgryn |
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rice |
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risbit |
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1 to 3 year old male goat |
may also be used for a yearling
male sheep |
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rissel |
risslor (pl.)
redsler |
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coarse sieve |
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rivjärn |
rävjärn
refjarn |
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grater |
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rock |
råk |
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coat |
also overcoat |
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rostig |
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rusty |
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rotyxa |
rothacka |
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root hoe |
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rubank |
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long plane |
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rulla |
trådrulle |
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bobbin |
see spinnrock
(spinning wheel) |
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rullgardin |
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roll curtain |
also shade |
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rund |
run
trind |
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round |
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rutiga |
rutigt |
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checked |
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ryss |
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basket |
basket-like body for a
cart or sleigh - picture is a kolryss (coal basket) |
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råg |
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rye |
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råtta |
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rat |
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råttfälla |
radsfall |
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rat trap |
examples of early rat traps -
see picture |
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rättning |
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calculating, correcting |
picture is probably not 1800s,
but you get the concept |
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räv |
räf |
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fox |
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rävskinn |
räfskinn |
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foxskin |
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röd
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red |
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rödfärgs tunna |
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red ochre barrel |
see a comparison of
containers made of staves here |