| Word |
Meaning |
| amt |
name used before 1919 for the main political divisions of Norway |
| attest |
certificate |
| barn |
child / children |
| begravet |
buried |
| bestefar |
grandfather |
| bestemor |
grandmother |
| bror |
brother |
| bruker |
user / farmer |
| bygd |
community / area |
| bygdebøker |
local histories of particular areas of Norway |
| bygdelag |
an organization of people from a particular area of Norway |
| datter |
daughter |
| døde |
died |
| døpt |
baptized |
| dreng |
boy / hired man |
| ekte |
legitimate |
| ektemann |
husband |
| enke |
widow |
| enkemann |
widower |
| fadder |
witness at a baptism |
| far |
father |
| farfar |
paternal grandfather |
| farmor |
paternal grandmother |
| fattig |
poor |
| fetter |
male cousin |
| født |
born |
| gård or gard |
farm |
| gardmann |
farmer |
| gift |
married |
| gudfar |
godfather |
| gudmor |
godmother |
| herred or herad |
a Norwegian township |
| husmann |
cotter |
| kirke |
church |
| kirkebøker |
church registers containing birth, confirmation, marriage & death records |
| kommune |
a municipality in Norway |
| kone |
wife |
| konfirmert |
confirmed |
| kusine |
female cousin |
| mor |
mother |
| morfar |
maternal grandfather |
| mormor |
maternal grandmother |
| odel |
property held in an alodial system |
| odelsrett |
right to hold property |
| oldefar |
great grandfather |
| oldemor |
great grandmother |
| pike |
girl |
| prest |
clergyman, ministor, pastor |
| prestegjeld |
a church clerical district, usually containing more than one parish |
| skifte |
settle an estate |
| skjøte |
deed of conveyance |
| sogn or sokn |
a church parish |
| sogneprest or sokneprest |
parish pastor |
| sønn |
son |
| søskenbarn |
cousin (either gender) |
| søster |
sister |
| tippoldefar |
great great grandfather |
| tippoldemor |
great great grandmother |
| uekte |
illegitimate |
| vaksinasjonsattest |
vaccination certificate |
