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En Sades Örk

English translation: grain storage bin

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Swedish term or phrase:En Sades Örk
English translation:grain storage bin
Entered by: Timoshka

21:55 Jan 14, 2023
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
Swedish term or phrase: En Sades Örk
In the 1848 estate inventory of Jöns Jonsson from Humselynga, Abild Parish, Sweden, there is a section for "Trädvaror," which includes: "En Kista ... En Drick Tunna, En Sades Örk, En Soffa, Ett Bord, 2 Skåp." Everything is clear to me...except for the "Sades Örk." The handwriting is quite clear, but I can't find any such words in all of the dictionaries I've been able to check.
Timoshka
Local time: 03:25
grain storage bin
Explanation:
grain box, grain chest
this is in SAOB under sädesörk, defined as kista för förvaring av tröskad säd
also called binge I think
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Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 10:25
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Thanks again! Much appreciated!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5grain storage bin
Tania McConaghy
Summary of reference entries provided
Trunk
Deane Goltermann
Grain chest
Michael Ellis

  

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grain storage bin


Explanation:
grain box, grain chest
this is in SAOB under sädesörk, defined as kista för förvaring av tröskad säd
also called binge I think



    https://harplinge.org/www.harplingekvarn.se/main/gr06_ug03.html
    https://svenska.se/saob/?id=S_16015-0013.7e5D&pz=7
Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 10:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks again! Much appreciated!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you! Not sure why I didn't think of looking for it as a compound word instead of two words.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deane Goltermann: Yeah, very close ... perhaps call it a trunk
48 mins
agree  LilianNekipelov: grain box
7 hrs
agree  Michael Ellis: But grain chest is best as box or bin don't illustate the size. the scale
13 hrs
agree  JaneD
17 hrs
agree  Anna Herbst
1 day 8 hrs
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: Trunk

Reference information:
Here's some research. A search for 'Örk' confirmed this is an indoor thing:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/örk -- but, well, it's Icelandic, curious.

and

https://forum.rotter.se/index.php?topic=127102.0 - where one answer says...
Enligt boken Släktforskarens uppslagsbok, 3400 bouppteckningsord (av Barbro Lunsjö, LTs förlag, 1996) är örk en stor, lockförsedd träkista, ibland inredd med flera än ett rum, avsedd för mjöl, säd m.m.

I searched 'grain trunk' (googled) and got a lot of interesting pics. Here's one...

https://homebarnshop.co.uk/shop/sold/vintage-rustic-wooden-g...

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 22
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13 hrs
Reference: Grain chest

Reference information:
I have one, inherited from grandparents at least. We call it the old oak chest.
Chest may be more the north of England term as opposed to trunk which I see as a large box for belongings when travelling. See ref where the word 'kist' is also used, no doubt a transfer from Scandinavia.


    https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1041253741/antique-17th-century-oak-coffer-grain
Michael Ellis
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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