Word List


arveavgift     [1]   inheritance tax
arvegods     [1]   hereditary estate, heirloom
arveskatt     [1]   inheritance tax
bondegods     [1]   land owned by the farmers themselves, not by the king or the church
gods     [1]   estate/property
[3]   (1) personal goods, property; (3) estate, manor
jordskyld     [1]   rental fee for renting land
klostergods     [1]   land owned by a monastary and leased out to farmers
krungods     [1]   land belonging to the king and leased out to farmers
kyrkjegods     [1]   real estate owned by the church and leased out to farmers
landskyld     [1]   1) yearly fee for leasing land, 2) real estate tax
[4]   property lease
prestebolgods     [1]   land belonging to a parish that was leased out to farmers
skuld     [1]   Nynorsk cf. skyld
skyld     [1]   1) debt, 2) tax (especially real estate tax: landsskyld)
[2]   tax debt - essentially appraised value
[3]   [n.] (1) guilt, (4) archaic tax, (5) debt - essentially appraised value, (6) dial relationship
[4]   land taxation, main rent
[5]   taxable value of the land
skylddalar     [1]   taxes owed in "dalar"
skylde     [3]   [v.] (1) owe.
skyldfolk     [2]   relatives
skyldfri     [3]   [v.] (2) dial free of debt
skyldgods     [x]   ?????
skyldig     [2]   guilty
[3]   (3) in debt
skyldmark     [1]   taxes owed in "mark"
[3]   unit used in assessing value of land, for taxation purposes
skyldnad     [2]   obligation
skyldner     [2]   debtor
skyldsette     [2]   assess (land for judicial purposes)
[4]   assessment of land
stamgods     [1]   inherited property/estate


Bibliography


[1] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/na17.html - John Follesdal Word List.
[2] http://wiborgfamily.net/language/Norske_Words_5B.htm - Wiborg Family Word List.
[3] Norwegian-English Dictionary - Einar Haugen.
[4] http://www2.hivolda.no/ahf/historie/lesja/engelsk-intr.htm - Wiborg Family Word List.
[5] http://www.emigration.no/sff/emigration3.nsf/0/FC4EFD63B3F0D00FC1256EF9003C5F0A?OpenDocument - Sogn og Fjordane Information Page (English)