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SWEDISH WORD |
ALTERNATE
WORDS &
SPELLINGS |
THUMBNAIL PICTURE
(click to enlarge) |
ENGLISH
TRANSLATION |
EXPLANATION |
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sabat bok |
sabbat bok
sabas bo |
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sabbath book |
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sadel |
salle
sallator |
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saddle |
see also ridsadel and
klöfsadel |
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sak |
saker (pl.) |
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thing, object |
picture shows many
saker (things) |
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salt |
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salt |
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sammet |
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velvet |
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sedel |
sedlar |
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currency |
also bill, banknote |
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sedelbok |
plånbok |
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wallet, billfold |
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sele |
sehle |
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harness |
See
this chart for identification of all parts of a harness |
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selkrok |
selkrokar (pl.) |
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harness hook |
looks a lot like a
closet hook |
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selredskap |
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harness equipment |
See
this chart for identification of all parts of a harness |
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senap |
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mustard |
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serkell |
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circle maker |
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serviette |
servett |
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napkin |
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sik |
sikling |
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whitefish |
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sikt |
sigt
sikta (pl.)
såll
sålla (pl.) |
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sieve |
see picture for a modern
sikt
see also hårsikt and florsikt |
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sil |
siltrad |
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strainer |
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silfver |
silfwer |
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silver |
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silke |
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silk |
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sill |
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herring |
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siltrad |
sil |
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strainer |
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siltråg |
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herring tray |
herring boxes without
topses |
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skaft |
skaftta |
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shaft, handle |
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skaftpanna |
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pan with handle |
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skakel |
skaklar (pl.)
skaklor |
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trace |
the strap, rope, shaft, or
chain part of a harness bearing the load
See picture or this chart for identification of all parts of a harness |
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skala |
skjällor
vågskål |
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scale, scales |
for weight measurement |
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sked |
skjed
sidar (misspell?) |
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spoon |
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skinn |
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skin, hide, pelt |
may also be leather |
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skinnfall |
sindfäl |
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leather rug |
may be leather or fur, rug or
blanket |
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skiva |
skifa |
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sheet |
picture is sheets of
birch bark |
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skiärlåda |
skärkista |
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harvest tool |
literally cut box - used
to cut the heads of grain off the straw |
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skjorta |
skiorta
sotta (misspell?) |
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shirt |
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skodd |
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shod |
see picture for
discussion - 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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skog |
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forest |
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sko järn |
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shoeing iron |
farrier's tool for shoeing
horses - probably a file
see also pase järn |
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skolåda |
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shoe box |
for farrier tools |
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skopa |
skofwa |
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scoop |
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skor |
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shoes |
Tyska (German)
shoes have leather soles, Svenska (Swedish) shoes have birch bark
soles |
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skospänne |
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shoe buckle |
skospänne (shoe buckle) and knäspänne
(knee buckle) may have been interchangeable |
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skottnät |
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trammel net |
A gill net characterized
by three layers, a fine net sandwiched between two very wide nets. The
net has floats on the top and weights on the bottom and drifts vertically
near the surface. Fish are entangled in a combination of the fine net
and the wider nets on either side. |
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skovel |
skyffle
skuffla
skofal |
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shovel |
also see skodd -
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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skrapa |
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scraper |
used for maintenance of
a häst (horse) |
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skrin |
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box, case |
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skrinda |
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cart |
mid-size, picture is
höskrinda (hay cart) - skrinda covers a variety of rolling
conveyances - see a discussion
here |
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skrov |
skråf |
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body, hull |
picture shows cart
without and with skrov (body) |
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skruvstäd |
skrufstäd |
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vice |
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skräddersax |
skrädare sax |
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tailor's scissors |
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skräf |
skräp |
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scrap |
also rubbish |
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skyttel |
skottlar |
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shuttle |
for use with a loom |
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skål af trä |
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wooden bowl |
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skåp |
skop |
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cabinet |
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skåpsäng |
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cabinet bed |
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skägg |
skjägg |
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beard |
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skänkskåp |
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sideboard cabinet |
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skänkstop |
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sideboard pitcher |
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skäppe |
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container with volume of one
skäppe |
one skäppe = 1/6
tunna / 20 liters / about one bushel |
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skära |
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sickle |
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slaga |
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flail |
for threshing grain |
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slagbord |
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drop leaf table |
compare to fällbord -
folding table |
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slev |
slevar (pl.) |
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ladle |
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slinga |
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section of fish netting |
without floats, weights or other
items |
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slipsten |
slipa |
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sharpening stone |
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slump |
räst
rest |
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remainder, balance |
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släde |
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sleigh |
a wooden wheel, sleigh runner, shovel, and a horse's hoof can all be shod or unshod - see this
illustrated here |
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slägga |
slägge |
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sledgehammer |
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slända |
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winder |
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släp |
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litter |
two poles with cross
pieces suitable for carrying a load, pulled by a beast or mounted behind a
toboggan - similar to the American Indian litter or travois |
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slät |
slätt |
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smooth |
did you ever stroke a calf's
nose? |
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smidesjärn |
smedjern |
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wrought iron |
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små |
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small, little |
små applies to
plural nouns, lite applies to singular nouns |
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smått |
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stuff, things |
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smör |
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butter |
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smörbunke |
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butter bowl |
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smörbytta |
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butter tub |
see bytta for discussion
see a comparison of
containers made of staves here |
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snus |
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snuff |
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snusdosa |
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snuffbox |
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snö |
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snow |
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snöplog |
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snowplow |
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snör rep |
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thin cord, lace |
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snösockar |
snösåcker |
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snow socks |
may also be a sack-like
blanket (think 1/2 sleeping bag) used to keep the lower body warm when
traveling |
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sockerlåda |
sockerdosa |
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sugar box |
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soffa |
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sofa, couch |
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solv |
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heddle |
part for a loom
picture shows
three sets of heddles |
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sommar |
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summer |
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son |
sohn |
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son |
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spade |
spada
spad |
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spatula |
also spade - watch
context |
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spalakan |
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bed curtain |
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spann |
spänner (old pl.)
spannar (pl.)
spand
hink,
hinkar (pl.) |
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pail |
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spanskrör |
käpp |
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cane |
walking cane |
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sparbanks bok |
motbok |
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savings bank book |
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spegel |
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mirror |
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spilkum |
spilkummar (pl.) |
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cream skimming bowl |
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spill |
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waste |
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spinnrock |
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spinning wheel |
see picture for names of
some parts |
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spishäll |
järnhäll |
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stove top |
see explanation on
picture |
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sprotfat |
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wicker dish |
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spräcklig |
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speckled |
also spotted |
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spånfat |
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wood strip dish |
dish made out of thin
shavings or strips of wood |
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spånne ask |
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wood strip box |
box made out of thin shavings or
strips of wood |
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spä kalf |
späd kalf |
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suckling calf |
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spädgris |
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suckling piglet |
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spännare |
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(loom) harness |
picture shows other loom
parts (shuttle) |
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spänne |
buckla |
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buckle |
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späcial |
special |
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special |
a special Swedish flicka |
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stake |
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stick, holder |
as in candlestick for slim ones
or candle holder for broader ones |
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stekpanna |
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frying pan |
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sten |
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stone, stoneware |
sten is stone,
but often refers to stoneware |
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stenfat, djup |
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stoneware bowl |
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stenfat, flatt |
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stoneware platter |
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sticka |
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knit |
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stick båge |
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quilting frame |
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stig böylar |
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stirrups |
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stjärna |
stiärna |
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star |
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sto |
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mare |
mother horse - beautiful
pictures |
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stock |
ståck |
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log |
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stol |
stolar (pl.)
säte |
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chair |
also seat, stool |
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stolpe |
stolp
stälp |
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pole, post |
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stomsåll |
stommesåll |
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framed sieve |
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stop |
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pitcher |
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stor |
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large |
relative term - see
picture
The set is stor, mindre, än mindre (large, smaller, still smaller) |
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storm |
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storm |
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strumpor |
strumpar |
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stockings |
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strykjärn med lod |
stryckjern
präss
pressjärn |
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flat
iron with insert |
for
pressing clothes - with more than one insert, one heats while the other is
being used |
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stuga |
stugan |
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cabin |
may also refer to
sitting room or living room |
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stycken |
bit
bitar
bittar |
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pieces |
as in "pieces of eight" or "4
pieces @ $4 apiece"
often abbreviated in the inventories to something that looks like "st)" |
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styrstola |
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dining chair |
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stånd |
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stall |
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stång |
stänger (pl.) |
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pole, staff, rod, bar,
shaft, stick |
thumbnail shows a stick
that is also a curtain rod |
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stånkbytta |
stånk |
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tankard |
see bytta for discussion |
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stånntunna |
ståndtunna |
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large barrel |
perhaps hogshead |
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stånsäng |
stånd säng |
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booth bed |
also murphy bed - see
picture |
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ståt |
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elegant |
an elegant bowl |
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städ |
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anvil |
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stäva |
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milk pail |
note the träband
(wooden band) holding staves together
The extra long stave used as a handle accounts for the name – stäv = stem. |
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större |
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larger |
Saturn is större
than most other planets, but not the largest. |
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stöt |
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pestle |
mortar is the bowl,
pestle is the grinder |
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stövlar |
stöflor |
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boots |
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sugga |
suggor (pl.) |
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sow |
mother pig shown with piglets (spädgris) |
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supglas |
snapsglas |
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snifter |
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svart
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svarta
swart
swartz
mörk |
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black |
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svarvask |
svarvaskar (pl.) |
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turned box |
the picture is actually
a träskål med
lock (wooden bowl with lid) but it could also be considered a
lathe-turned box |
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sväng |
syving
svängborr
borrsväng |
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brace |
picture is an old brace with a
number of bits
see also borrsväng |
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såga sax |
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pinking shears |
literally saw scissors |
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sågblad |
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saw blade |
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så korg |
så kårg
såkörger (pl.) |
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sowing basket |
holds the seed when sowing |
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såll |
sålla (pl.)
såld
sikt
sikta (pl.) |
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sieve |
picture is primitive,
enlargement has more modern example |
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sås |
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sauce, gravy, dressing |
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såsskål |
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gravy bowl |
also gravy boat |
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sååsnip |
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gravy bowl |
also gravy boat |
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säck |
säk |
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sack |
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säd |
säden (pl.) |
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grain |
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sädesäck |
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grain sack |
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sämre |
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worse, simpler, not so
finely made |
relative quality term -
see picture |
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sämskskinn |
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chamois leather |
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sämst |
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worst |
bäst, bättre, samma, sämre,
än sämre, sämst are relative quality terms equivalent to
best, better, same, worse, still worse, worst |
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säng |
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bed |
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sänga kista |
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bed chest |
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sänknät |
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sink net |
for fishing at depth |
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sättong |
sättongar (pl.) |
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container with one sättong
volume |
one sättong equals
exactly the volume of one little boy |
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sättstamp |
stensätt |
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stone breaker |
carefully positioned by
one person to conduct the force of a sledgehammer wielded by another person
to break away parts of a stone - see picture |
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söndrig |
söndar
sönder
trasig |
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broken |
also ragged, tattered,
torn, frayed, out of order |