A 1793 bouppteckning from Hällefors (T) has the following entry under fishing equipment: 1 garn sikling slinga Now garn means yarn, sikling means whitefish, and the Swedish definition for slinga in one of my dictionaries is: slinga = i fiskeredskap: varje bunden, enskild del av nät eller not Google translate doesnt do very well on that definition, but Ive read quite a bit on Google.se and I conclude that slinga means the cord or cable [yarn] that holds up a fishing net, in this case a whitefish net. Could someone please confirm this or set me straight? Many thanks. Aloha, Pono Norman A. Sandin POB 1602 Kihei, HI 96753 http://www.sandinfamily.com [pau]
On 11/24/2012 10:44 PM, Pono (Norm) wrote: > slinga = i fiskeredskap: varje bunden, enskild del av nät eller not This is what babylon.com gave me loop = in fishing gear: each bound, single part of a network or not Lois
To any who might have followed this thread: The "not" at the end of the "slinga" definition is the Swedish word for a purse seine and apparently the "slinga" is the device that allows the net "or purse seine" to be drawn together for harvest. slinga = i fiskeredskap: varje bunden, enskild del av nät eller not Aloha, Pono Norman A. Sandin POB 1602 Kihei, HI 96753 http://www.sandinfamily.com [pau] -----Original Message----- From: sweden-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sweden-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pono (Norm) Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 6:44 PM To: sweden@rootsweb.com Subject: [SWEDEN] translation help - bouppteckning word "slinga" A 1793 bouppteckning from Hällefors (T) has the following entry under fishing equipment: 1 garn sikling slinga Now garn means yarn, sikling means whitefish, and the Swedish definition for slinga in one of my dictionaries is: slinga = i fiskeredskap: varje bunden, enskild del av nät eller not Google translate doesnt do very well on that definition, but Ive read quite a bit on Google.se and I conclude that slinga means the cord or cable [yarn] that holds up a fishing net, in this case a whitefish net. Could someone please confirm this or set me straight? Many thanks. Aloha, Pono Norman A. Sandin POB 1602 Kihei, HI 96753 http://www.sandinfamily.com [pau] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Pono (Norm) wrote 2012-11-25 05:44: > > A 1793 bouppteckning from Hällefors (T) has the following entry under > fishing equipment: > > 1 garn sikling slinga > > Now garn means yarn, sikling means whitefish, and the Swedish definition for > slinga in one of my dictionaries is: > slinga = i fiskeredskap: varje bunden, enskild del av nät eller not "garn" also means fish-net, so perhaps this is one section of a "sikling" fish-net. // Bo Johansson