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English Terms for 1739 Census of unmarried persons over 6 years old - Klemensker Parish, Bornholm
by Gary T. Horlacher

Where a period is found following a number, it can be read as "th" or "st" as in:

49. selvejergaard = 49th self-owned farm
1. part = first part
8. bud = eighth commandment

Not everything is translated in this chart, but you can use a Danish-English dictionary to look up the other words. At least this will help you to understand most of the document. Comments or questions in brackets represent notes of the original transcriber of the material (in the last column generally notes about who the previous owner was).

Danish

English

Danish

English

A.B.C. A.B.C.'s (knows how to recite the alphabet) lever lives
aftenbøn(ner) evening prayer(s) lærer learns
aftenlæsning evening reading lærvillig willing to learn
Ant. (Antagelig) Supposedly morgen morning
begaaet lejermaal committed fornication naar hun holdes til when she concentrates on it
barn child nogenledes somewhat
begyndt begun og and
besovet ?lazy oplyst i sin christendom informed in his/her Christianity
besvangert pregnant part(er) part(s)
bogstaverne the letters Rostochs forklaring Rostock's Commentary
bordlæsning (meal) table-reading selvejergaard, sg. self-owned farm
bud commandment skichelig good-natured
Conf. (af) Confirmed (by) skødesløs negligent
Davids Salme David's Psalm slet poor (abilities or aptitude)
de the slet og ret purely and simply
Ejer Owner som staa seg vel who support themselves well
fattig poor (economically) spørgsmål questions
fader og moderløs father and motherless stam ?stutter
forholder sig vel conducts himself/herself well staver spells
forsømmer i sin tjeneste negligent in his/her work taabelig og sandseløs foolish and senseless
forsømmes af forældrene neglected by (his/her) parents temmelig fair
glemt forgotten tienestepige working girl
god nemme good aptitude tjener works
halstarig obstinate tro, trol., troh., trolig faithfully
har has tungenem(met) slow-witted
har ingen fornuft has no common sense tydelig clear
har lyst til at læse has a desire to learn uvillig til at lære unwilling to learn
har løbet fra sine forældre has run away from his/her parents vandfør crippled
hele/heele Catech. the entire Catechism vel well
hjemme hos (sine) forældrene at home with (his/her) parents har velholdne forældre has well-off parents
Holdes iche til af forældrene at lære, Er iche holdt til at lære af forældrene Not pushed by parents to learn, Is not made to learn by the parents vil iche lære will not learn
iche not vil lære naar hand blev tilholdt will learn whne he is ordered
kjende/kiende bogstaverne knows the letters vornedegaard, vg. serf farm
kun only    

 




 

 

 

 

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