skjöden

English translation: title deed/get it from them

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Norwegian term or phrase:skjöden
English translation:title deed/get it from them
Entered by: Paul Larkin (X)

20:28 Aug 17, 2004
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Genealogy
Norwegian term or phrase: skjöden
From a personal letter written in 1918:

"For at faa de 800 hundre koner af skjöden maatte jeg gaa til en sakförer og faa ham til og sende det ind til Depardementet og saa faa det af med dem [dom?]"

What does "skjöden" mean and what does "faa det af med" mean? And is the last word "dem" or "dom"?
Tara Chace
United States
Local time: 17:42
title deed/get it from them
Explanation:
'skjöden' does indeed mean title deed, saa faa det af med dem - can be expressed in an modern terms as get it from them or even sort it out with them. Orthography was erratic at that time, and the last word is almost certainly 'dem'.
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Local time: 00:42
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4 +1title (or) deed
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
4title deed/get it from them
Paul Larkin (X)


  

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skjöden
title (or) deed


Explanation:
US english - I believe - faa det af med dem - means that the attorney can get the department to pay - for at faa dem til at betale.

Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 17:42
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
title deed/get it from them


Explanation:
'skjöden' does indeed mean title deed, saa faa det af med dem - can be expressed in an modern terms as get it from them or even sort it out with them. Orthography was erratic at that time, and the last word is almost certainly 'dem'.

Paul Larkin (X)
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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