døbt

Døbt comes from døbe, the Danish form of the verb; modern Norwegian writes døpe and døpt, and the baptism itself is dåp. The Norwegian law of 1687 required baptism within 8 days of birth. That rule was dropped in 1771, but in the 1800s most children were still baptized one to three days after birth.

A baptism entry names the child, the parents, the farm where they lived and the godparents, and after 1814 it states whether the child was legitimate. If only one date is given in an early book, it is the baptism date.