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An inderst (modern innerst) was a lodger who rented a room or house from others and kept his or her own household, but had no land.
The term was used in Norwegian censuses from the mid-1600s to the early 1900s. SNL notes that the inderst as a rule ranked below the husmand, and that under the law of 1687 unmarried inderster had to take service with others for a full or half year at a time.
Many were older single people, widows or widowers, and during the 1800s young couples with small children appear more often as inderster. They lived by a craft, day labor or work on the farms.
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Daily Ancestor. "inderst." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/norwegian/inderst. Last checked 2026-10-28.