Daily Ancestorviet
Viet means "married" or "wed" in a church ceremony; Norwegian marriage registers are headed Viede or Vigde, the wed couples.
Viet is the past participle of vie, to join two people in marriage, and the ceremony is vielse. Older registers use copulerede or egteviede for the same thing.
A marriage entry names the couple, the date, their ages, residences and occupations, whether each was single or widowed, and the two forlovere who vouched for them. From the 1830s it also gives the fathers' names and birthplaces. Couples usually married in the bride's home parish.
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