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SWEDISH WORD |
ALTERNATE
WORDS &
SPELLINGS |
THUMBNAIL PICTURE
(click to enlarge) |
ENGLISH
TRANSLATION |
EXPLANATION |
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fat |
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dish |
applies to plates,
saucers, platters, bowls |
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fattig |
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poor |
picture is a sad example |
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filt |
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blanket |
also means felt, felting |
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finare |
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finer |
see picture for
explanation
Also means higher quality or prominent |
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finger |
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finger |
pick one - slickepott,
långeman, gullebrand or lilla vickevire - tummetot
is not shown |
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finnplog |
gaffelplog |
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Finnish plow |
useful in fields with
lots of rocks |
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fjäder |
fiäder |
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feather |
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flaska af bleck |
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bottle, tin |
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flaska af glas |
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bottle, glass |
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flat |
flatt
flata |
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flat |
flat as a platter |
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flat fat |
flatt fat |
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platter |
literally flat dish -
pictures are platters of pewter (tenn) |
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flera |
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several |
flera (several)
Sandin-Tillner relatives at a reunion in 1997 |
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fodral |
foderal
fodra |
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case, cover, sheath |
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fot |
fötter (pl.) |
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foot |
casseroles have them,
pots have them, trivets have them (foot, feet) |
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fram |
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front |
nose is the front of a
horse |
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fyrkant |
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square |
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får |
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sheep |
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fårsax |
ullsax |
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sheep shears |
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fårskinn |
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sheepskin |
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fäll |
fårskinsfäll |
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rug |
picture is of a
sheepskin rug (fårskinsfäll), and illustrates the lining or cover.
Although called rugs, they tend to be used as blankets or quilts. |
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fällbord |
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folding table |
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fällkniv |
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jackknife |
also clasp knife,
folding knife |
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färdkärra |
fählkärra |
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travel cart |
two-wheeled |
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färdskrin |
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travel case |
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färdskrinda |
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travel buggy |
box-like body |
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färdspann |
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travel pail |
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fässing |
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straw- or hay-filled
sack |
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fönster |
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window |
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förgyld |
förgylld |
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gilt |
picture frame is gilt |
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förlorat |
förlorad
förlorade
förlorne |
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lost |
misplaced, location not
known, in the barn somewhere |
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förlåt |
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skirted |
like around a bed or
table |
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förlägg |
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serving |
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förmyndare |
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guardian |
not always an angel, but
upon death of the father, minor children were assigned a male guardian,
regardless of survival of the mother |
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förningskorg |
matkorg |
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food basket |
used
for carrying food
förningskorg is more specific to food for parties or to the hostess |
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förtent |
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tinned |
bowl is of tinned
copper, untinned is oförtent |
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gaffel |
gafflar (pl.) |
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fork |
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galt |
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boar |
a male pig |
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gammal |
gamla, gamle, gl. |
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old |
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gardin |
förhänge |
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curtain |
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get |
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goat |
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gjuten |
jutan
gjuta
gjutet
gjutna |
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cast |
as in jutan metal
(cast metal) |
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glas |
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glass |
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grep |
grepa |
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handle |
many varieties in
picture |
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grimma |
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halter |
See
this chart for identification of all parts of a harness |
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gris |
svin |
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pig, hog |
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grissel |
grisslar (pl.)
gressel
brödspade |
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peel |
used to remove bread,
etc. from oven |
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grynsåll |
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grain sieve |
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gryta |
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casserole |
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gryt krokar |
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casserole hooks |
used
to suspend casseroles over a fire |
grå
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gray |
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grädde |
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cream |
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gräddkanna |
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cream pitcher |
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gröda |
skörd |
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crop |
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grön
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green |
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grövre |
grov |
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coarser |
see picture for
explanation |
gul
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gula |
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yellow |
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guld |
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gold |
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gumse |
gumsar (pl.) |
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ram |
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gångjärn |
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hinge |
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gödsel |
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manure |
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gödselgrep |
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manure pitchfork |
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hacka |
hackar (pl.)
spetshacka |
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pick,
pickaxe, hoe |
see a comparison of
similar sounding tools here |
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hackjärn |
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chopper |
used for making
mincemeat |
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hagelbössa |
hagelgevär |
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shotgun |
see also hagelpung
and kruthorn
(a specific bouppteckning
also had a forma
listed - probably a "form" for preparing the powder and shot)
Gevär today means a two-handed fire-arm, rifled or smooth-bore. |
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hagelpung |
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shot pouch |
see also hagelbössa
and kruthorn |
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halsduk |
scarf |
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scarf |
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halster |
halstag |
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grill, gridiron |
picture is a modern fish
griller (fisk halster) |
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halv |
half |
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half |
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hammare |
hammra |
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hammer |
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handkläde |
handduk |
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hand towel |
literally hand cloth |
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handqvarn |
handkvarn |
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hand
mill |
for grinding
relatively small
quantities of grain |
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handske |
handskar (pl.) |
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glove |
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handsåg |
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hand
saw |
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handyxa |
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hatchet |
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harka |
räfsa
kratta
rifwer
river |
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rake |
see a comparison of
similar sounding tools here |
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harv |
åkerharv |
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harrow |
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hatt |
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hat |
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havre |
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oats |
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hel |
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whole |
the whole earth |
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hink |
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bucket, pail |
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hjul |
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wheel |
a wooden wheel, sleigh
runner and shovel, and a horse's hoof can all be shod or unshod - see this
illustrated here |
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ho |
tråg |
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trough, tray |
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hov |
hof |
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hoof |
a wooden wheel, sleigh
runner and shovel, and a horse's hoof can all be shod or unshod - see this
illustrated here |
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hovtyg |
hoftyg |
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farrier tools |
for maintaining the
hooves of horses |
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huggjärn |
stämjärn |
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chisel |
sometimes called simply
järn
See a comparison of
similar sounding tools here |
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huggyxa |
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carving axe |
see a comparison of
similar sounding tools here |
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hus |
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house |
picture is the Swedish
birthplace of Pono's paternal grandmother AND grandfather |
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hyvel |
hyvle
hyvlar
hyflar
släthyvel |
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plane |
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hållhake |
timmerhake |
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log dog |
see
log joinery for how
this tool is used |
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hår |
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hair |
picture is pig bristles,
the hår used in a hårsikt (hair sieve) or mjölksil
(milk strainer)
See picture for detail and another example. |
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hårtåg |
hårrep |
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hair rope |
probably horse main or
tail hair |
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häcka |
häckar (pl.) |
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keeper |
example is ost häcka
(cheese keeper)
Thumbnail is likely an ost kar (cheese vat), picture includes a
"keeper" |
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häckla |
nålfält
häcklor (pl.) |
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heckling comb |
for separating long
linen fibers from short (heckling) |
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hänglås |
lås |
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padlock |
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hängskåp |
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hanging cabinet |
cabinet hung on the wall |
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härva |
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skein |
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härvavindor |
härrvel
knäpphärvil |
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skein winder |
used to gather up the
output of a spinning wheel |
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häst |
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horse |
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hästsko |
hovjärn |
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horse shoe |
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hästplog |
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horse plow |
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hävert |
häfwar |
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siphon |
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hö |
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hay |
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höna |
hönor (pl. hens only)
höns (pl. m. and f.) |
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hen |
female chicken
kyckling (baby chicken of either sex)
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inkludera |
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include |
this bed includes a cat |
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inredning |
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furniture |
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jaktiller |
iller
hiller
jaktillerskinn |
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ferret |
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jaktillerskinn |
iller
hiller
jaktiller |
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ferretskin |
red-dyed ferret skin
jacket |
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järn |
jern |
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iron |
a huggjärn (chisel) is sometimes referred to as a järn
(iron) |
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järnplog |
jernplog |
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iron plow |
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järnring |
jernring |
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iron ring |
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järnspett |
jernspett |
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iron spit, iron pike |
also digging bar,
digging iron |
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järnstör |
jernstör
järnstång
jernstång |
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iron pole, iron bar |
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