A
afbygger = jordbruger på jord udskilt fra et større landbrug
- -hus = jordbrugerens hus.
aftægtsmand = male pensioner upon one's own farm
aftægtsmand = retired from work, pensioner
- or more precise: accommodation and support provided by the new owner of landed property for its former owner, especially by a son for his parents
alimentation(sbidrag) = payment under an affiliation order
alder = age
almisse = alms
- -lem = pauper supported by alms
= countyamme = nurse
amt = county
apoteker = pharmacist
aquavit ~ brændevin - derives from latin: aqua vita - "water of life"
arbejdsmand = unskilled labourer
arbejdsmand = worker, workman, working man (employed)
arkiv = archiv
attest = certificate
B
bager baker
barn = child
beravet = buried
begravelse = funeral
betler = beggar
bibliotek = library
boel = small farm
boelsmand = small-holder
bogbinder = bookbinder
bonde = farmer
bonde = farmer
borgmester = mayor
broder = brother
brud = bride
brudefærd = wedding, wedding proceccion
brudgom = bridesgoom
brygger = brewer
brystdug = waistcoat
brændevin ~ akvavit, aqua vitæ
buntmager = furrier
butik = shop or store
-
-sejer = shopowner
-sjomfru = female unmarried shop assistant
bygning = building
bødker = cooper
børn = children
bøssemager = gunsmith
C
calentegaard -> kalentegaard
calenter -> kalente(r)
callemakes brystdug = waistcoat made of fine material
civilstand = marital status
D
daglejer = day-labourer
dannebrog = the Dannebrog
dannebrogsmand = person decorated with the Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
dannebrogsmændenes hæderstegn - the Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
dannebrogsorden - Order of the Dannebrog
datter = daugther
degn = (church)clark, parish clerk
deres = their
discipel = pupil
domkirke = cathedral
dragon = dragoon
drejer = turner
dreng = boy
døbenavn = Christian name
døbt = baptized, christened
død = dead
dåb = baptism, christening
E
erridspenge = arbejdspenge - pengeafløsning for fæsteres hoveri = payment insted of villeinage
efternavn = surname
enke = widow
enkemand = widower
er = is
ernærer sig ved = living by
F
fader = father
familie = family
far = dad
farver = dyer
fattig = poor, needy
- -folk = poor people
-forsorg = poor relief
-gaard = workhouse
-hjælp = poor relief
-hus = workhouse
-jord = pauper's grave
-kvarter = slum
-lem = pauper
-væsen = poor law authorities
fel(d)bereder ~ garver, der garvede med fedtstoffer, hvidgarver = tanner
feltskærer = barber-surgeon
fisker = fisherman
folketælling
(FT) = census fornavn = first name
forsørges af = provided by
forældre = parents
fæste = hire (fasten, fix, secure; engage)
- -bonde = copyholder
-gaard = copyhold farm
fødeby = native town
fødesogn = native parish
født = born
G
gade = street
gartner = gardener garver = tanner
geworbne = enlisted
gift = married
glarmester = glazier
grav = tomb
gravsted = tomb
gravsten = tombstone
grydepige(r) = potgirl(s)
- simply the girls who maked black pots, also known as "jydepotter".
gudfader = godfather
gudmoder = godmother = Suscept = Susceptrix
guldsmed = goldsmith
gæstgiver = innkeeper
gørtler = brass moulder
gaard ~ gård = farm
gård = farmolderly ~ gaard
H
handelsbetjent = shop assistant
hans = his (- wife, son, daughter, etc.)(Hans is also a first name)
hendes = her (- husbond, son, daughter, etc.)
hjemmeside = homepage
hjulmand = wheelwright
hovedgård = manor
hyrde = herdsman
hartkorn = old Danish unit of land valuation
hartkornskat = tax of land
Herred = county
hus = house
- -bestyrerinde = femal houskeeper (employed)
-bond(e) = master; husband
-ejer = house owner; householder; landlord
-fader = head of a family ~ master of the house
-holderske = femal houskeeper (employed)
-jomfru = femal houskeeper (employed)
-mand = smallholder
-mandshus = cottage
-moder = housewife
-stand = household
hustru = wife
husvært = landlord
høker = small shopkeeper
håndarbejde = needlework
håndværker = artisan, handicraftsman
-
-mester = master artisan
-svend = journeyman
indepenge = en anden form for arbejdspenge = payment inderste = lodgerin a house
inderste ~ indsidder ~ lejer = tenant
indsidder = lodgerin a room at a farm
- -ske ~ lejer = tenant, female gender
jomfru = virgin ~ young (or just) unmarried girl(lady)
- 'Jomfru' means virgin, the word was in the old days referred to the unmarried daughther of a person of rank, e.g. a noblemans daughther, maybe the vicars daughter, but not the farmers daughther.
- -besidder = landowner
-brug = agriculture, farming; estate(big)
-bruger = agriculturalist, farmer
-drot = great landowner
-lod = plot
K
kalent(e),
- vulgærlatin for kalende ~ brødreskab ~ munkeorden - præstekonvent.
I følge Ordbog over det Danske sprog (bd. 9, sp 1102) betyder et kalent(e)et "samfund, broderskab, ell. især: (højtidelig) sammenkomst, spec. af præster (i et herred), til behandling af sager af fælles interesse; (paa grund af udartning til sviregilder forbudt ved forordning af 10/6 1618)".
- (eller et kalentehus) var "en gaard som tilhørte et gejstligt kalente (of hvori sammenkomsten holdtes)"
kallemakes brystdug = waistcoat made of fine material
kammager = comb maker
karetmager = coach builder
karl = farmhand
kassebarn ~ skuffebarn
= A box- or drawer child.kirke = church
kirkebog = parish register (KB)
klodsmager = block maker
kludesamler = ragman
knægt = lad; young boy
knøs = lad; young boy
kobbersmed = coppersmith
kokkepige = cook
kone = wife; wifewoman; female servant or worker
konfirmation = confirmation
konfimeret = confirmeret
kontorist = clerk
kornmåler = corn measurer
korporal = corporal
kræmmer = shopkeeper
krøbling = cripple
kurvemager = basket maker
kvarter = district, quarter, part of the town
kvinde = female
købmand = storekeeper
købstad = provincial town, market town
L
land = contry
- -arbejder = farm worker
-befolkning = rural poppulation
-bo = contry people
-brug = agriculture, farming; estate(big)
-distrikt = rural district
-mand = farmer
-sogn = rural parish
landsby = village
- -degn = parish clark
-kirke = village curch
-kro = village inn
-præst = contry parson
-skole = village school
Len
= feudal administration area before 1662lever af = living by
logerende = lodger; paying guest
lærling = pupil, apprentice
løjtnant = lieutnant
M
mad = food
madmoder = old for housewife or housekeeper; mistress
mand = man ~ male ~ husband
matros = sailor
-mester = master
-
skomagermester = shoemaker master
murer = bricklayer
møller = miller mølle mill
N
navn = name
nedløb = lyskebrok (dialekt/almuebetegnelse på Sjælland og Falster)
noter = notes
nummer = number
nr. = shortening for nummer
nålemager = needle maker
O
odelsbonde ~ fri bonde, selvejer, "adelsbonde" = freeholderfarmer
- -gaard ~ selvejergaard = independent- or freeholderfarm
-ret ~ selveje = freehold, independent owner
opholdsmand ~ Aftægtsmand
P
parcellist = farmer, but a small proberty owner (of a parcel (house or piece of land))
petroleumskar = oversavet petroleumstønde, brugt som vaskekar.
pige = girl, sevant girl
- -barn = girl child
- -barn = fosterchild
præst = priest, vicar, minister
R
retsbetjent = court officer
ridder af dannebrog - knight of the Dannebrog
roshold ~ rytterhold, rytter og hest i et rytterdistrikt = the cavalry unit of a support district
rosholderskat ~ hartkornskat, underhold af rytteri = land tax for support of cavalry
rostjeneste ~ tjeneste til hest = service in cavalry rostjeneste ~ tjeneste til hest
rusthold ~ roshold ~ ryttere og heste i et rytterdistrikt = the cavalry unit of a support district
rytterdistrikt = District supporting a unit of the cavalry
S
sadelmager = saddler
seminarist = teacher, person with a training college education
selvejer = owner
skilt = divorced
skoleholder = teacher, school master until 1814
skolemester = schoolmaster
skomager = shoomaker
- -svend = employed shoomaker
skrædder = tailor
skipper = skipper ~ captain/master on a small vessel/ship
skudsmålsbog = servant's conduct book.
skuffebarn ~ kassebarn
= A box- or drawer child.slagter = butcher
slegfred ~ "uægteskabelig" = used as prefix for child born without marriage
- -barn ~ "uægteskabelig" barn = child born without marriage
-søn = -son born without marriage
-datter = -daugther born without marriage
-kvinde = -woman with child born without marriage
slægtsforskning = genealogy
slægtsnavn = family name
smed = blacksmith
Smøghætte = en hue med opslag.
snaps ~ brændevin ~ akvavit, aqua vitæ
snedker = carpenter
sogn = parish
sogn = parish ~ curch district
sognebånd = obligation to avail oneself exclusively of the services of the incumbment of the parish
sognebåndsløser = a person who obtains release from the binding to the parish.
sognefoged = parish executive officer
soldat = soldier
spillemand = musician, fiddler
spinderske = spinner
sted = place, spot
sted- = step-
- -datter = stepdaughter
-far = stepfather
-mor = stepmother
-søn = stepson
stilling = employment
stolemager = chair maker
stuepige = parlourmaid
stykkjunker
~ militær grad = up to abt.1925 Danish/Norwegian military degree (navy).styrmand = mate
sviger- = (parent, son, dauther, etc.) -in-law
-
-far/fader = father-in-law
-inde = sister-in-law
-mor/moder = mother-in-law
søgeresultat = searchresult
sømand = seaman
søn = son
søster = sister
søn = son
T
tambur = drummer
teglbrænder = tile maker
tjeneste = service; duty
- -dreng = farmer's boy
-folk = servants
-karl = farmhand; farm labourer
-pige = maid, sevant girl
-tyende ~ tyende = domestic servant or farm hand (male/female)
toldbetjent = customs officer
træskomager = clog maker
typograf = typographer
tømmermand = carpenter
U
udlagt barnefader = putative (or alleged) father
udvandre = emigrate
ugift = unmarried ~ single
unavngivet = unnamed (baby, not christened yet or death before baptized)
urmager = watchmaker
urtekræmmer = grocer
ut, utdp, utspas ~ utjenstdygtighedspas = military term in conscription register
uægte = used as prefix for child born without marriage
V
vagtmester = principal officer
vanfør = disabled
vattersot = dropsy (hydropsis)
vielse = wedding (ceremony), marriage
viet = married
violinist = violinist, musician, fiddler
vis = show
vognmand = carrier
vægter = watchman
værtshusholder = licensed victualler
væver = weaver
Æ
ægte = marry
- -fælle = husbond or wife
-mand = husbond
-skab = marriage
-skabelig = matrimonial ~ conjugal
-viv ~ kone = wife