a - one

aadresse - addres

aar - year (also see år)

absolvere - to give absolution

adel - nobility __________ AD

adelig - noble

adelsmann - nobleman

adoptert - adopted

adoptivbarn - adopted child

adoptivdotter - adopted daughter

adoptivfar - adopting father

adoptivmor - adopting mother

adoptivson - adopted son

advokat - attorney, lawyer

af - of, from (Danish)_____________ AF

afdød - deceased (Danish)

afgangen - departed (deceased) (Danish)

aften - evening

akseptabelt - acceptable

alder - age ________________________ AL

alderdomssvakhet - weakness of old age

aldri - never

alle - all

alltid - always

almisse - public provision for the needy, charity

almisselem - indigent (level of poverty in which real deprivation is suffered)

altergang - Communion

amt - district (sort of equivalent to a U.S. county) (archaic for fylke) _____ AM

amtmann - chief amt administrator

analfabet - illiterate

analfabetisme - illiteracy

anbefale - commend

anden - second (Danish) ___________________ AN

anden gang - second time (Danish)

andre - others, other, next

andstupingar - children that are not related

andstøypingar - children that are not related

anetavle - pedigree chart

anfall - seizure, attack

anførte - entered, mentioned

anklagebenk - dock

ankomst - arrival

anmerkning - note

anmerkning - remark, notice, note

annen - second

annen gang - second time

annet - another

anno - year (Latin)

annonsere - publish, announce

antall - number, count

apotekare - pharmacist _________ AP

april - April ________________ AR

arbeid - employment, job, work

arbeider - laborer, worker

arbeidsmand - male worker

arbejder - laborer (Danish)

arbejdsmand - laborer (Danish)

arkiv - archive

arv - inheritance

arvelodd - share of inheritance

arving - heir

arvinger - inheritor, heir (Danish)

ascendent - from (latin) ___________ AS

ascendere - rise up

assessor - judge (Danish)

astma - asthma

asyl - asylum

at - that _______________ AT

atten - eighteen, 18

attende - eighteenth, 18th

attende - back

attest - certificate

attlege - meadow

attlevande - widow,

aquavit - clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds

august - August

av - of, off, at, by, from ___________ AV

av og til - now and then

avbetaling - purchase

avdeling - department, branch, part, division

avdød - deceased

avg. havn - port of departure (avg. = avgang)

avgang (bortgang) - departure, demise, death

avgangen - departed

avgift - duty, fee

avkom - offspring, issue

avl - crop, breeding (Danish)

avleggar - offspring, cutting taken from plant

avlsbruger, - farmer (Danish)

avlsmand - farmer (Danish)

avtale - agreement, date, rendezvous

avvekslenda - changing, varying