Norwegian words in old records

født, døpt, gaardmand, husmand, fadder: the Norwegian (and Dano-Norwegian) of church books and emigrant lists. Free to print and share. Full explanations: dailyancestor.com/dictionary/norwegian

1ste, 2dre, 3dje

Ordinal numbers in dates (1st, 2nd, 3rd)

Aar

Year

begravet

Buried

bygdebok

Local history book with farm and family histories

copulerede

Married (older Latin-based church word)

datter

Daughter

dreng

Boy, or young farmhand

døbt

Baptized

død

Dead, died

dødfødt

Stillborn

emigrantprotokoll

Police register of departing emigrants

enke

Widow

enkemand

Widower

faddere

Godparents, baptism witnesses

fattiglem

Pauper supported by poor relief

forlovere

Marriage sureties who vouched for the couple

født

Born

gaard

Farm, a named and numbered landholding

gaardmand

Farmer holding a farm, not a cotter

gårdsnavn

Farm name used as part of a person's name

hjemmedøbt

Baptized at home in an emergency

husmand

Cotter renting a cottage on a farm's land

inderst

Lodger with own household but no land

indflyttet

Moved into the parish

introduceret

Churched, received back in church after childbirth

jordfæstet

Committed to the earth by the priest

kirkebok

Church book, parish register

klokkerbok

Parish clerk's duplicate church book

kone

Wife

konfirmert

Confirmed in the Lutheran church

Marts

March

pige

Girl, or maid

plass

Cotter's holding belonging to a farm

prestegjeld

Clerical district under one parish priest

sogn

Parish with its own church

søn

Son

tjenestedreng

Hired male servant, farmhand

tjenestepige

Hired maidservant

udflyttet

Moved out of the parish

udvandret

Emigrated (usually to America)

ugift

Unmarried, never married

ungkarl

Bachelor, man never married

uægte

Illegitimate, born outside marriage

viet

Wed in church

ægte

Legitimate, born to married parents