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Kone means "wife" in Norwegian records; kona means "the wife", and the older, more formal word for a wife is hustru.
FamilySearch lists kone and hustru as words for wife, with kona for the wife and koner for wives. NAOB notes that kone once also meant a grown or older woman in general, so in an old text the word does not always prove a marriage.
In a household list or church book, though, kone or hans Kone, his wife, normally means the wife of the man named before her.
As seen in a recordHousehold list of the 1865 census of Norway
Marit Engebretsdatter, hans Kone, gift, 38 Aar
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Daily Ancestor. "kone." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/norwegian/kone. Last checked 2026-10-28.