Dictionary & Abbreviations
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| H | ||
| Abbreviation | Term | Definition |
| H. | herr | Mr., lord, squire, master |
| H., h. | hustru | wife |
| h.a. | hujus anno (latin) | same year |
| hd. | härad | civil district, county |
| h.eg. | hemmansegare | farm owner |
| H:r | herr | Mr., lord |
| hsm., husm. | husman | cottager, crofter, tenant |
| härst. | härstädes | here, at a given location |
| Swedish Word | Definition |
| hammarskatt | tax paid for forged iron |
| hamnfogde | water bailiff, overseer of harbor |
| handelsbetjent | merchant’s clerk, shopman |
| handelsbiträde | clerk in a shop |
| handelsbokhållare | merchant’s clerk, bookkeeper |
| handelsidkare | trader |
| hattmakare | hatmaker |
| hembygd | native place |
| hemmansbrukare | farmer |
| hemmansegare | farm owner |
| herr | Mr., lord |
| herrgård | manorial estate |
| hinderslös | free, unhindered (to travel/marry) |
| hjelpkarl | charman |
| hjonelag | matrimony |
| hofrätt, hovrätt | circuit court of appeal |
| hofslagare, hovslagare | farrier |
| hosta | (to) cough; cough |
| hufvudarvinge | chief heir |
| husbonde | small farmer; head of household |
| husdräng | man servant |
| husegare, husägare | proprietor of a house |
| husförhör | household exemination |
| husförhörslängd | household exemination (clerical) |
| husman | cottager, crofter, tenant |
| huspiga | housemaid |
| hustru | wife |
| hyresgäst | lodger |
| hytta | smeltery, foundry |
| håll och stygn | pneumonia |
| hälftenbrukare | farmer who pays half the profit of the land let to him |
| häradsfogde | bailiff of a district |
| häradshöfding | justice of a district |
| häradsrätt | district court |
| häradsskrifvare | clerk of a district |