Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
breffbrot
English translation:
violation of an ordinance
Added to glossary by
Timoshka
Jul 23, 2009 20:06
14 yrs ago
Norwegian term
breffbrot
Norwegian to English
Social Sciences
History
A local history from Norway states that a particular man "betalte i 1521 3 lodd sylv i skatt og 4 mark i breffbrot."
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +1 | violation of an ordinance | Tara Chace |
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violation of an ordinance
also written "bréfbrot"
A Hanseatic term. A rare example of a term being borrowed from Scandinavian into Middle Low German during the Hanseatic period.
(see discussion in text linked below)
http://books.google.com/books?id=CtpQXKWwKCMC&pg=PA33&dq=+al...
A Hanseatic term. A rare example of a term being borrowed from Scandinavian into Middle Low German during the Hanseatic period.
(see discussion in text linked below)
http://books.google.com/books?id=CtpQXKWwKCMC&pg=PA33&dq=+al...
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Comment: "Thanks again, Tara! When faced with this sort of word in the future, I will definitely consult my Old Norse and Icelandic dictionaries first!"
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