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Companion page to SweGGate
Dictionary.
Guide to estate inventories. (coming
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| In general |
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Please note that not all spelling variations
are included here but some common mis-spellings are also icluded. Many changes in spelling have taken place in a time span of
several hundred years. In general the modern spelling is put first in the
"word" column. |
| The general layout of a bouppteckning
(the document) Click on the headings, A, B or C to see examples and further explanation |
| A Introduction |
| Legal text, usually stating: Date of document, name of the deceased, death date and heirs. |
| B Inventory |
| 1 Tillgångar = assets. Also Boets tillgångar = assets of the estate |
| 2 Skulder
= debts,
often a list of persons to whom the deceased owed money diverse skulder = miscellaneous debts. |
| 3 Summa = net value of assets (1) and debts (2) |
| C Closing remarks |
| Legal text usually a
confirmation (oath) that everything is included, signature of the person
who accounted for the estate, signature of official valuator(s) (värderingsman,
plur värderingsmän / värderingsmenn) and overseeing the
procedure, signatures of witnesses (vittnen , vitnen). Commonly also an account for the sum (percentage) to be paid as tax to the poor and sometimes also a receipt that the sum was paid. |
| Word | T | Explanation |
| General | ||
| st, stk | A | pieces (counting) |
| dussin | A | dozen (12) |
| tjog | A | score (20) |
| egendom | A | estate, belongings. egendomen (definite form), egendomar (plural, commonly only about real estate) |
| nämligen, nemligen | A | viz, namely, i.e. (before the list of inventory) |
| sålunda | A | thus, viz, namely, i.e. (before an explanation or list) |
| därå, derå, därpå | A | on that |
| liten, litet | A | small |
| mindre | A | smaller |
| stor, stort | A | large |
| större | A | larger |
| bättre | A | better |
| sämre | A | worse, less good |
| sista, siste | A | last |
| sistlidna | A | last (about time) |
| parti | A | unspecified number, "a number of ..." |
| transport | A | transfer (sum), at end of page marking the sum to transfer to the next page |
| diverse | A | diverse, miscellaneous |
| tillbehör | A | accessories, fittings. |
| sak | A | plur: saker; things, objects |
| persedel | A | plur: persedlar; personal belongings |
| beg, begagn | A | used |
| skräp | A | junk. |
| Legal text | ||
| The Estate | ||
| stärbhus | A | def. form stärbhuset, genitive: stärbhusets. estate as a legal entity. From Ger sterben = (v) die and hus = house |
| stärbhusdelägare | A | co-inheritors, the people who own part of the estate by inheritance |
| bo | A | estate. boet = the estate (objects). boets = of the estate. "boets tillgångar" = assets of the estate. |
| kvarlåtenskap, qwarlåtenskap | A | the estate (objects). kvar = left (behind), låta (v) let |
| bohag | A | is plur; all loose objects in a home. |
| inventarium | A | plur: inventarier; the objects of the estate, also the list of those |
| summa inventarii | O | (Lat) phrase: total value of the listed items. |
| Procedural | ||
| bouppteckning | A | estate inventory (the process and the document) |
| intyga | A | certify. intygar = certifies (present tense), intygade
(past tense). Commonly as a
closing phrase "att boets samtliga tillgångar blifvit redeligen uppgifna intygar edligen < names>" That all the assets of the estate have been correctly registered (is) certified by <names> |
| avlägga | A | (v) state, give testimony. avlägga ed = take an oath. avlade (past tense) |
| ed | A | (n) oath |
| under edlig förpliktelse, under edlig förbindelse |
A | under oath |
| uppge, uppgifva | A | (v) tell, state. uppgifvet = stated |
| anmoda | A | (v) request. anmodan = (n) request |
| dölja, undandölja | A | (v) hide. dolt or döljt = hidden past tense. |
| begära | A | (v) request, (here) claim |
| med vett och vilja | A | knowingly, lit. "with sense and will" |
| förrätta | A | (v) perform |
| förrättades | A | (v) (was) performed (past tense, passive) |
| anteckna | A | (v) note, record |
| värdera, verdera | A | (v) value, appraise. |
| bevaka | A | (v) guard, secure, here often re secure the rights of an under age person. |
| laga | A | legal |
| i laga ordning | A | according to law |
| rätt avskrivet intygar, rätt afskrifwit betygar |
A | correct copy certified by <signature> |
| äktenskap | A | marriage |
| äktenskapsförord | A | pre-nuptial agreement |
| Persons | ||
| avlidne, aflidne | A | the deceased |
| med döden afgick / afled | O | old expression, literally "resigned by death" = died |
| lemna efter sig | A | leave, the estate or heirs left after the person |
| efterlämna, efterlemna | A | (v) leave behind, re persons: survived by |
| förbindelse | A | here often referring to a relation without marriage, often to describe
the kinship of a child. utomäktenskaplig förbindelse = extra-marital relation edlig förbindelse = under oath |
| änka, enka | A | widow |
| änkeman, enkeman | A | widower |
| myndig | A | of age |
| omyndig(e) | A | under age, omyndige (male), omyndiga (female), e.g. omyndige sonen = the under age son |
| förmyndare | A | legal guardian |
| ärva | A | (v) inherit |
| arvsrätt | A | (n) right to inheritance |
| arvinge | A | plur: arvingar; heirs. bröstarvinge = heir of the body |
| vittne | A | plur: vittnen; witness |
| bouppteckningsman | A | plur: bouppteckningsmän, bouppteckningsmenn; the person(s) who make(s) the inventory |
| närvarande | A | (people) present at the procedure. |
| värderingsman | A | valuer, appraiser, the person who evaluates the goods - often the same person as the bouppteckningsman |
| for words describing relationship see this article | ||
| Money issues | ||
| tillgångar | A | assets |
| fordran, fordring | A | plur: fordringar; claim |
| skuld | A | plur: skulder; debt |
| gravation | A | plur: gravationer; mortgage |
| revers | A | plur: reverser; promissory note, IOU |
| ränta | A | interest (on loan) |
| upplupen | A | due, as in upplupen ränta = interest due |
| likstol | O | payment to the priest for the funeral act. Sometimes as likstols-ko; a cow which then was used for food at the funeral dinner (gravöl) |
| begravningskostnad(er), begrafningskostnad(er) | A | cost for funeral |
| behållning | A | net value |
| gottföra | O | account for, receive. gottföres (passive form) |
| fattig-andel, de fattigas andel | A | share for the poor. A mandatory tax as a percentage of the total estate net value paid to the fund for the poor people in the parish. Today only a registration fee for the documents with the court but instead inheritance tax is paid by each heir on their share. Percentage depends on closeness of relation. |
| Materials | ||
| guld | A | gold |
| silver | A | silver |
| koppar | A | material copper or plural of drinking cups |
| tenn, then | A | pewter |
| mässing, messing | A | brass |
| brons | A | bronze |
| järn | A | iron |
| tackjärn, gjutjärn | A | cast iron |
| bleck, bläck, blik | O | sheet metal (iron). bläck is also = ink. |
| plåt | A | sheet metal (iron) - the material or a piece thereof. |
| malm, brons | A | bronze |
| beck | A | pitch, tar |
| ull | A | wool |
| siden | A | silk |
| lin-, linne-, lärft | A | linen. Homonym linne alternatively refers to textiles in general |
| halvlinne, halflinne | A | union-cloth |
| oblekt linne | A | brown-cloth |
| blångarn, blaggarn | A | lowest quality linen fibre |
| bomull, bomulls- | A | cotton |
| kläde | A | fabric of wool, prepared to get a "furry" surface concealing the threads. |
| vadmal | A | frieze-cloth, homespun |
| lump | A | rags, used textiles. |
| glas | A | glass (note that Swedish glass = ice-cream !) |
| trä, tre | A | = wood (as material) used as prefix in combined words or in expressions like af tre / av trä = made of wood |
| fura, furu- | A | pinetree |
| gran | A | spruce |
| ek | A | oak |
| björk | A | birch |
| al | A | alder (-tree), (-wood) |
| ved | A | firewood |
| mjölk | A | milk |
| spannmål | A | grain |
| säd, korn | A | grain |
| gryn | A | grain without shell |
| mjöl | A | flour |
| Land | ||
| åker | A | arable land in general, also a specific arable field |
| äng | A | grazing field or field for production of hay |
| skog | A | plur: skogar; forest |
| skogsmark | A | is plur; forest as a type of land, not a specific location |
| mosse | A | marshland |
| Buildings | ||
| manbyggnad | A | main building, residential house |
| köksgång | A | the kitchen entrance with an outside wind-catching, closed and roofed porch. |
| fähus | A | house for cows, sheep etc |
| stall | A | stables |
| loge | A | part of a barn, usually with a good, sealed floor for threshing or storing machinery. |
| lada | A | barn |
| ladugård | A | cowhouse combined with barn |
| vagnslider | A | part of a barn or attached section (often semi-open) where carts and wagons are parked. |
| Furniture | ||
| bord | A | table |
| slagbord | A | folding table |
| stol | A | plur: stolar; chair |
| pall | A | plur: pallar; stool |
| karmstol | A | plur: karmstolar; armchair |
| skåp | A | cupboard, usually tall |
| hörnskåp | A | triangular cupboard, fits in a corner. Some are single, hanging on the wall, some have two cupboards (upper and lower) and a shelf and/or a drawer in between. |
| skänk | A | sideboard, usually low, used for serving with drawers and cupboards for plates, bowls and cutlery. From skänka =(v) give, serve. |
| säng | A | plur: sängar; bed |
| soffa | A | plur: soffor; sofa, settee. kökssoffa = kitchen sofa, s typical Swedish wooden sofa-bed in the kitchen |
| bäddsoffa | A | plur: bäddoffor; convertible sofa - combi sofa and bed |
| byrå, dragbyrå | A | plur: byråar; chest of drawers |
| kommod | A | plur: kommoder; pedestal cupboard |
| pottskåp | O | plur=; pedestal cupboard |
| hylla | A | plur: hyllor; shelf |
| tallrikshylla | A | plur: hyllor; special shelf for porcelain plates. A shelf w a grove and a round, horizontal stick for support at the front. |
| bokhylla | A | plur: bokhyllor; book-case |
| kista | A | plur: kistor; chest |
| spis | A | plur: spisar; stove. järnspis = iron stove (fired w wood) |
| Misc objects | ||
| lampa | A | plur: lampa; lamp |
| fotogen-lampa | A | kerosene lamp |
| taklampa | A | plur: taklampor; ceiling lamp |
| lampett | A | plur: lampetter; small wall-lamp |
| lykta | A | plur: lyktor; lantern |
| ljusstake | A | plur: ljusstakar; candle stick (ljus = light, stake = stick) |
| lyskäring | A | holder for töresticka (selected wood burnt for light) |
| fotografi | A | plur: fotografier; photo |
| tavla | A | plur: tavlor; picture, painting |
| spegel | A | plur: speglar; mirror |
| fickur | A | plur=; pocket watch |
| armbandsur | A | plur=; wrist watch (more modern) |
| väggur | A | plur=; wall clock |
| pendyl | A | clock with a pendulum, wall or table model = väggpendyl, bordspendyl resp. |
| golvur | A | plur=; tall floor clock |
| bok | A | plur: böcker, böker; book |
| katekes | A | Catechism, the book by M Luther |
| bibel | A | plur: biblar; bible |
| Den Heliga Skrift | A | The Holy Book |
| psalmbok | A | plur: psalmböcker; church hymn book |
| Textiles | ||
| duk | A | plur: dukar; table-cloth |
| bordduk, bordsduk | A | plur: bord(s)dukar; table-cloth |
| vepa | A | plur: vepor; long, narrow tablecloth, sometimes used as a wall decoration. |
| servett | A | plur: servetter; napkin |
| handduk, handkläde | A | plur: handdukar, handkläden; towel |
| gardin | A | plur: gardiner; curtain. Measured in längd, plur: längder. Also fönstergardiner = window curtains |
| sängkläder | A | beddings, cf gångkläder |
| madrass | A | plur: madrasser; mattress |
| täcke | A | plur: täcken; bed-spread, quilt, also sängtäcke, sengtecke |
| bolster | A | plur=; bed-spread, usually filled with down dunbolster |
| filt | A | plur: filtar; blanket (also the material felt) |
| lakan | A | plur=; bedsheet |
| kudde, puta | A | plur: kuddar, putor; pillow. huvudkudde = bed pillow. |
| dyna | A | plur: dynor; cushion, pillow, pad |
| kuddvar | A | plur=; pillow-case |
| överkast | A | plur=: bed cover |
| fäll | A | plur: fällar; fell, skin rug. fårskinnsfäll = sheepskin as a fell. |
| Household utensils | ||
| husgeråd | A | household utensils |
| porslin, postelin | A | porcelan, postelin is an old form |
| sked | A | plur:skedar; spoon |
| slev | A | plur: slevar; ladle |
| skopa | A | plur: skopor; scoop |
| gaffel | A | plur: gafflar; fork |
| kniv, knif | A | plur: knivar, knifvar; knife. täljkniv, tälgknif = carving knife |
| glas | A | glass, both the material and a drinking glass. |
| kanna | A | jug, usually with a handle on the side. |
| bägare | A | mug, beaker. W or w/o handle. Usually for drinking. Ususually glass r metal |
| krus | A | plur=; jug, jar, usually earthenware. |
| stop | A | stoop, always with a side handle. Often of a standard size like halvstop (half stoop) or helstop (full size stoop) |
| tumlare | O | tumbler |
| tallrik, talrek | A | plur: tallrikar; plate (dinner or dessert size) |
| fat | A | saucer or
barrel (context will tell which) kaffefat = saucer for coffee cup, tefat = tea saucer |
| tennfat | A | pewter plate |
| stenfat | A | stone plate |
| tråg | A | trough or tray. Often combined word like baktråg = trough for baking. Always rectangular or else it has another name |
| hink | A | plur: hinkar; bucket |
| spann | A | plur: spannar, spänner; bucket |
| ämbar | O | plur=; old name for bucket |
| balja | A | plur: baljor; vat, cowl. tvättbalja = washing bowl (for textiles) |
| tvättfat | A | plur=; washing bowl (face and hands) |
| kar | A | (= plur); vat, cowl. badkar = bathtub |
| bryggkar | A | vat for brewing beer |
| kärl, käril | A | plur=; container, receptacle in general, often as suffix in a combined word. |
| målkärl | A | plur=; vessel for measuring. mål or mått = measure |
| mått | A | plur=; (n) measure both "a measure of" and the object used for mesuring |
| kokkärl | A | plur=; cooking-vessel |
| laggkärl, lagkärl | A | plur=; container built like a barrel using vertical wooden bars, but smaller than a tunna |
| kagge | A | plur: kaggar; keg |
| tunna | A | plur: tunnor; barrel. Note that a tunna is also a specific measure |
| fjärding, fierding | O | literally a quarter, usually specifying the size of a measure or a barrel. Note that a tunna is also a specific measure. |
| korg | A | plur: korgar; basket |
| kont | A | plur: kontar; basket, usually worn as a back-pack, made of 1-2 inch wide strips of prepared birch bark. |
| kastrull | A | plur: kastruller; saucepan |
| gryta | A | plur: grytor; cauldron or large saucepan |
| kittel, kjettel | A | plur: kittlar; cauldron but also used in kaffekittel which is much smaller |
| kruka | A | plur: krukor; pot, usually clay, earthenware or (soap-)stone. Used as flower pot or storage of food. Sometimes with a lock / låck = lid, often of wood. |
| burk | A | plur: burkar; jar, usually glass or metal |
| tina | A | plur: tinor; small container. Often smörtina = pot for butter |
| ask | A | plur: askar; small box. Often as 2nd part of combined word |
| svepask | A | plur: svepaskar; box of special design. Oval form, thin wooden board folded (svept) around an oval, wooden base plate. Commonly with a special snap-lid. Many sizes, used for snuff, small valuables, food or as a carrying "bag" |
| låda | A | plur lådor; box in general |
| skrin | A | plur=; small box, usually finer and decorated like for jewellery (juvelskriv, smyckeskrin) or sewing items (syskrin) |
| bytta | A | plur: byttor; pot of various sizes but always smaller than 1-2 feet |
| smörbytta | A | plur: smörbyttor; pot for storing butter |
| kärna, smörkärna | A | plur: kärnor; (butter) churn. |
| drittel | O | plur: drittlar; pot for storing and measuring butter. |
| stäva, stäfva | A | plur: stävor; small container of wood, flat bottom, sides of several vertical sticks, one longer to serve as a handle. Often used when milking. |
| skål | A | plur: skålar; bowl (general) |
| spillkum, spilcum | A | simple bowl |
| bunke | A | plur: bunkar; bowl |
| karott | A | plur: karotter; serving bowl, nicer than a bunke |
| lock, låck | A | plur: lock; lid |
| flaska | A | plur: flaskor; bottle |
| butelj | A | plur: buteljer; bottle (fr French bouteille) |
| karaff | A | plur: karaffer; decanter. karaffin = small decanter |
| panna | A | plur: pannor; pan, common name for skillet or saucepan |
| långpanna | A | plur: långpannor; oven plate w high sides |
| stekpanna | A | skillet, frying pan (cast iron), stekpannor (plur) |
| fotpanna | A | plur: fotpannor; any cooking pot with feet (usually 3) intended for use in open fire. |
| trefot | A | plur: trefötter; 3 feet support used to put in an open fire to support a pot or saucepan. |
| lagg | A | plur: laggar; skillet, usually special for pancakes or plättar |
| stekspett | A | skewer, spit |
| kaffepanna, kaffekittel | A | plur: kaffepannor; coffee pot for boiling coffee |
| kaffekanna | A | plur: kaffekannor; coffee pot for serving |
| t(h)ekanna | A | plur: t(h)ekannor; tea pot for serving |
| kavel | A | plur: kavlar; roller, rolling-pin. Also brödkavel |
| kakmått | A | plur: kakmått; cookie cutter |
| brödspade | A | plur: brödspadar; baker's peel |
| rivjärn, rifjern | A | plur: rivjärn; grater |
| tratt | A | plur: trattar; funnel |
| strykjärn | A | flattening iron, in the old days either a piece of iron w handle heated on the stove or a hollow cast iron object in which you placed glowing coals |
| kafferost, kafferostare, kaffebrännare | A | coffee-roaster, a small sheet-metal container w a long handle, used over an open fire or on an iron stove. |
| mortel, mortar, mårtare | A | mortar (for grinding - not the weapon :-) |
| mortelstöt, stöt, pistill | A | mortar pestle |
| spiskrok | A | plur: spikrokar; metal stick w a hook at one end to lift the top covers and rings on an iron stove. |
| sotpanna | A | plur: sotpannor; ash pan |
| eldgaffel | A | plur: eldgafflar; fire-poker |
| eldkyffel | A | plur: eldskyfflar; fire-shovel for shovelling cinders or coal |
| bricka | A | plur: brickor; tray |
| nål | A | plur: nålar; needle. synål = sewing needle. |
| fingerborg | A | plur: fingerborgar; thimble. |
| Tools | ||
| redskap | A | = tools, usually larger tools like garden tools or farming tools like ploughs etc |
| verktyg, värktyg | A | tool, tools |
| snickarverktyg | A | carpenter's tools |
| hyvelbänk | A | carpenter's bench |
| skaft | A | shaft (like a broom-stick) or handle (like on a hammer) |
| handtag | A | handle, often D-shaped or T-shaped like on spades. |
| hammare | A | hammer |
| slägghammare | A | sledge-hammer, size between a hammare and a slägga. |
| slägga | A | plur: släggor; sledge-hammer (2-7 kg weight) |
| knoster | A | plur: knostren / knosterna (only definite form); heavy sledge-hammer mainly for crushing stone |
| städ, smidesstäd | A | plur=; anvil |
| skruvstäd, skrufstäd, skruvstycke, skrufstycke | A | plur: -n; screw-vice |
| fil | A | plur: filar; file |
| rasp | A | plur: raspar; rasp-file, coarse file |
| skruvmejsel | A | plur skruvmejslar; screw-driver |
| huggmejsel | A | plur huggmejslar; chisel |
| stämjärn | A | plur=; former-chisel |
| hyvel | A | plur hyvlar; planer |
| rubank | A | plur rubankar; large, long planer |
| tång | A | plur: tänger; tongs, pliars |
| hovtång | A | plur: hovtänger; heavy pincers, from hov = hoof |
| klove | A | plur: klovar; clamp. filklove = hand-held clamp for holding small objects |
| krok | A | plur: krokar; hook |
| bandkniv, bandknif | A | plur: bandknivar; knife with a long (curved) blade and a handle at each end. |
| såg | A | plur: sågar; saw |
| slipsten | A | plur: slipstenar; grinding stone |
| borr | A | plur: borrar; drill (both the cutting spiral and the handle for it) |
| navare | A | plur=; large spiral drill with a traverse handle for boring large holes, e.g. when stabilizing logs in a loghouse |
| klyvyxa | A | plur: klyvyxor; heavy axe for splitting logs. This axe is stabbed into the log and hammered on using a sledgehammer. |
| yxa, huggyxa | A | plur: yxor; axe for chopping wood |
| handyxa | A | plur: handyxor; small axe, one hand operated |
| sax | A | plur: saxar; scissors, ull-sax; wool scissors |
| bila | A | plur: bilor; broad-axe |
| slipsten | A | grinding stone for sharpening knives etc |
| våg | A | plur: vågar; scales |
| vikt | A | plur: vikter; weight |
| besman | A | plur: besman; measuring tool for weight. see here. |
| påse | A | plur: påsar; bag, smaller than a säck (sack), fabric (tygpåse) or paper (papperspåse). |
| säck | A | plur: säckar; large bag, sack |
| spannmålssäck | A | plur: spannmålssäckar; sack for grain |
| jutesäck | A | sack made of jute |
| skräddarsax | A | tailor's scissors |
| ullsax | A | scissors for wool |
| bråka, linbråka | A | flax breaker. A tool made of 3 or 5 parallel wooden bars connected at one end. One lifts 1 (or 2) bars, puts the flax in between and lower the lifted bars do lodge in between the others, thus breaking the wooden parts of the straw. |
| häckla, linhäckla | A | carding-comb for flax. A wooden board with a bunch of rather blunt nails. Swing a bunch of flax straws into the nails and pull it out sideways. This process will remove the small wood splinters created by the previous step (bråkning = breaking). When finished you have a bunch of linen fibers. |
| karda | A | carding-comb for wool (ullkarda) or flax (linkarda) |
| skäkta, skäktekniv | O | broad, knife-shaped board used to beat the last wood material from the flax, leaving the long fibres. Word derived from old word skäkta; louse since the small wooden pieces on the flax strax (after beating) look like lice eggs on hair |
| slända | A | plur: sländor; distaff used when spinning yarn |
| väfstol, vefstol | A | loom, often in expression: väfstol med tillbehör or väfstol m tbh; loom with accessories |
| vävsked, väfsked | A | plur: vävskedar; weaver's reed |
| kardstol | A | small bench specially made for carding wool or flax with a carding-comb fixed to the bench |
| spinnrock, spinnråk | A | plur: spinnrockar; spinning wheel |
| spade | A | plur: spadar; spade |
| skyffel | A | plur: skyfflar; shovel |
| grep | A | plur: grepar; pitchfork, several models for different tasks, trädgårdsgrep for garden, dynggrep for dung, potatisgrep for potatoes. |
| kofot | A | crow-bar |
| spett | A | iron bar for making holes in the ground or leverage |
| kratta | A | plur: krattor; rake |
| hacka | A | plur: hackor; hoe, mattock |
| korp | A | plur: korpar; pick-axe |
| åkerredskap | A | (is plural) farming tools and machines |
| räfsa | A | plur: räfsor; rake for hay. Wider than a garden rake |
| skära | A | plur: skäror; sickle. A homonym = (v) to cut. |
| slaga | A | plur: slagor; simple tool for threshing. Two round, wooden sticks, one longer as a handle and one shorter used for beating the plats to separate the grains from the stems etc. The sticks are joined end to end with rings to enable swiveling. |
| lie | A | plur: liar; scythe |
| stång | A | plur: stänger; pole, bar. järnstång = iron bar. |
| stör | A | plur: störar; pole |
| hässjestör | A | plur: hässjetörar; pole used for stacking hay. Hässja = stack of hay in the field for drying. Has > 1 pole in a row. Såta or hösåta = hay on a single pole for drying. |
| årder | A | plur: årdrerna (only definite form); primitive type of plough with one vertical bar instead of the modern curved blade. |
| plog | A | plur: plogar; plough |
| harv, harf | A | plur: harvar; harrow |
| pinnharv | A | plur: pinnharvar; harrow with vertical pegs. pinne = peg, twig. |
| tallriksharv | A | plur: harvar; harrow with vertical, cutting discs. tallrik = plate, disc. |
| sladd | A | plur: sladdar; wooden or metal bar or grid dragged over the surface of the soil or a road to even out the surface. Note homonym meaning cable. |
| kvarn | A | flour mill (usually hand operated), kaffekvarn; coffee grinder |
| trösk- | A | prefix; thresh |
| tröskverk | A | = threshing mill |
| halmhack | A | = straw cutter. A machine for cutting the straw to small pieces for use in beds for animals or to mix in their food. |
| nät, fiskenät | A | fishing net |
| ryssja | A | plur: ryssjor; bow-net |
| (hummer)tina | A | plur: tinor; creel |
| ljuster | A | fishing-gig |
| Vehicles | ||
| körtyg, kiörtyg | O | see kör-redskap |
| körredskap, kiörredskap | O | things used for driving like carts and carriages including the accessories needed. |
| kärra, kiärra | A | plur: kärror; cart in general |
| skottkärra, skottkiärra | A | plur: skottkärror; wheelbarrow |
| dragkärra, dragkiärra | A | plur: dragkärror; usually a smaller, hand pulled cart |
| vagn, wagn | A | cart, carriage (also train-cars but rarely in estate inventories) |
| flakvagn | A | flat cart |
| skrinda | A | plur: skrindor; cart w a flat surface and sides made with separated vertical bars, usually leaning outwards. Commonly used for transporting hay; höskrinda |
| höskrinda | A | cart for transporting hay, see skrinda |
| kälke, kielke | A | plur: kälkar, kielkar; small sledge |
| släde | A | plur: slädar; larger sleigh |
| getdoning | A | plur: getdoningar; small sledge w two (metal-clad) wooden runners and a horizontal bar in between. Used in pairs for transporting logs. |
| sele, seldon | A | plur: selar seldon is plural; harness |
| skakel, skackel | A | plur: skaklar; trace, thill. Wooden bar, used in pairs, connecting the horse (oxen) to the wagon / cart |
| skjutsfäll | A | plur: skjutsfällar; fell, skin rug used to cover passenger's legs in a wagon. |
| Animals | ||
| kreatur, kritter, kretter | A | (is plural). larger farm animals like horses and cattle |
| hästkreatur | A | (is plural). horses |
| nötkreatur, fäkreatur | A | (is plural). cattle |
| häst | A | plur: hästar; horse |
| sto | A | plur: ston; female horse |
| hingst | A | plur: hingstar; male horse |
| vallack, valack | A | castrated male horse |
| ko | A | plur: kor; cow |
| kviga | A | plur: kvigor; heifer |
| kalv, kalf | A | plur: kalvar, kalfvar; calf |
| fä, fä-kreatur | A | farm animals other than cattle - like sheep, goats |
| så, sö | O | sheep |
| gris | A | plur=; pig |
| so | A | sow |
| sugga | A | plur: suggor; sow |
| får | A | plur=; sheep |
| lamm, lamb | A | plur=; lamb |
| höns | A | is plur; poultry |
| höna | A | plur: hönor; hen |
| tupp | A | plur: tuppar; rooster |
| kyckling | A | plur: kycklingar; chicken |
| Personal items except clothing | ||
| glasögon | A | spectacles |
| örring, örering, örhänge | A | ear-ring |
| ring | A | ring |
| smycke | A | plur: smycken; jewellery |
| snusdosa | A | box for tobacco snuff |
| pipa | A | smoking pipe |
| Clothing | ||
| kläder, kleder | A | (is plural) clothes |
| gångkläder | A | lit. "walking clothes" = clothing as opposed to sängkläder |
| sorgkläder | A | mourning clothes. |
| underkläder | A | underwear. |
| underskjorta, undertröja | A | vest (underwear) |
| kalsong | A | men's underwear |
| benkläder | A | "leg clothes" (underwear) |
| klänning, klening | A | plur: klänningar, kleningar; frock |
| kjol, kjortel | A | plur: kjolar, kjortlar; skirt |
| skjorta | A | plur: skjortor; shirt |
| rock | A | plur: rockar; coat |
| kappa | A | plur: kappor; overcoat |
| nattkappa | A | plur: nattkappor; night gown |
| väst | A | plur: västar; waistcoat |
| päls | A | plur: pälsar; fur coat |
| tröja | A | plur: tröjor; sweater, pull-over |
| kofta | A | cardigan, open in front w buttons |
| halsduk | A | plur: halsdukar; scarf |
| hatt | A | plur: hattar; hat. cylinderhatt = top hat |
| mössa | A | plur: mössor; cap |
| handske | A | plur: handskar; glove |
| vante | A | plur: vantar; mitten |
| par | A | pair |
| byxor, byxer | A | (= plur); trousers |
| strumpor | A | socks, stockings |
| skor | A | shoes |
| stövlar, stöflar | A | wellington (rubber = gummistövlar) or riding (leather = ridstövlar) boots |
| kängor, kjengor | A | (leather) boots (short) |
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= Modern language, A = All times
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