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MikeHegstad
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Posted - 29/02/2020 :  08:33:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'm working on translations from the Bridal Boat Accident book and can't find the English word for "fyring", which should be a type of fishing boat or transport / freight boat owned by the Flesvik and Heggstad farms.
Edited by - Borge on 29/02/2020 14:40:59

Borge
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Posted - 29/02/2020 :  09:39:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Could it be the same as a Færing? The word faering comes from the Norwegian word færing (Old Norse feræringr), literally meaning "four-oaring": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faering
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jwiborg
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Posted - 29/02/2020 :  12:44:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A fyring is a fishing boat with four pair of oars.
A færing is smaller and has two pair of oars.
Edited by - jwiborg on 29/02/2020 13:11:26
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Borge
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Posted - 29/02/2020 :  14:38:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is a type of boat called Firing:


From: https://kystensarv.no/afjordsbat
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Edited by - Borge on 29/02/2020 14:41:13
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MikeHegstad
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Posted - 03/03/2020 :  02:39:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you to all who helped with this translation! I really liked the link kystensarv.no/afjordsbat.
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