by = village
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
I
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
J
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.
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)".
kalentegaard
(eller et kalentehus) var "en gaard som tilhørte et gejstligt kalente (of hvori sammenkomsten holdtes)"
kalenter, "en slags Dervish" - en tigger, østerlandsk tiggermunk eller eneboer
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
landeværn = military defence troops
landsby = village
-degn = parish clark
-kirke = village curch
-kro = village inn
-præst = contry parson
-skole = village school
lem = pauper
Len = feudal administration area before 1662
lever 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
moder = mother
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
område = region
opholdskone ~ Aftægtskone
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
pleje = foster (care, nursing)
-barn = fosterchild
pottepiger ~ grydepiger
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
skovfoged = forester
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
slægt = family
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-