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Ron Iverson
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USA
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Posted - 09/09/2019 :  06:26:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This refers to Johannes Knutson, a farmer at Nese, Hordaland. I think I get the gist of what the Bygdebok is saying but would like a translation.
...i 1643 måtte han betale 1 riksdaler i bot av di han "forleden høst hafde offuerfaldt Hofuers kone (Anne) och slaget efter hende med en sten".
Ronald A. Iverson

vivi
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Norway
371 Posts
Posted - 10/09/2019 :  11:20:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi

Here is how I understand it:

in 1643 he had to pay 1 riksdaler in fine because he had assaulted Hofuer's wife (Anne) last fall and struck after her with a stone.

Riksdaler is an old monetary unit
Vivi
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AntonH
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Posted - 10/09/2019 :  16:49:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Nice to have a native speaker help out vivi. The word I struggled with was offuerfaldt. Not in my Haugen dictionary. And Google translate renders it as sacrifice which made no sense. However after reading your post vivi I assume the modern Norwegian verb is overfalle to assault.

Plugging overfalt in for offuerfallt gives a fairly decent translation through Google translate


".in 1643 he had to pay 1 riksdaler in fine as he last fall had assaulted Hofuer's wife (Anne) and hit her with a stone"
Edited by - AntonH on 10/09/2019 18:30:47
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ToreL
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Norway
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Posted - 10/09/2019 :  17:04:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
One difficulty is that half the text is Nynorsk while the other half, inside the quotes, is old Danish.
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Ron Iverson
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Posted - 10/09/2019 :  22:10:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks to all. I had not known there is yet another language variant - old Danish. If I read the Bygdebok correctly, the woman Johannes attacked was his son's mother-in-law. So, a family dispute.
Ronald A. Iverson
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vivi
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Norway
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Posted - 10/09/2019 :  23:21:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi

It is an odd mix of languages.
The last part looks swedish:
... och slaget efter hende med en sten

Google translates this with: and hit her with a stone

But the word "efter" (etter) means after - for me this indicates he did not hit her, but just tried to.
Vivi
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Kåarto
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Norway
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Posted - 12/09/2019 :  13:28:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
He tried to hit her with a stone
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