"an gosse ej dojot"
| 10:56 Feb 11, 2000 |
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| na +1 | "a baby boy, not christened" |
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| na | [a] boy not [baptized?] |
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| na | a boy, not baptized |
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[a] boy not [baptized?] Explanation: It's a boy, but this is some weird dialect. Please tell me more of the context and what part of Sweden it's from. Yes, Mars is March. I would guess that "dojot" is a dialect term for "baptized", "döpat", since he died after one day, but I can't find anything like that word in my reference books or on the Net. |
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a boy, not baptized Explanation: I am almost sure this is a question of either misspelling or misquoting, if you write "j" and "o" very closely, you will get "p", so the enigmatic word will spell dopt (meaning baptized) |
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Additional thoughts on the subject Explanation: As has already been established, the notation refers to a boy, but as far as I can understand, the handwriting in the notation could be hard to interpret and it is in dialekt. My conclusion is that it should read "en gosse, ej döpet" or something like that in Swedish. In English this would be "a boy, not baptised". This should be the complete notice, along with the date of birth and date of demise and would explain why no name was entered. ("Mars" is Swedish for "March".) |
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104 days peer agreement (net): +1
"a baby boy, not christened" Explanation: 'Gosse' means 'baby boy' in older Swedish. "dojot" is most probably misread due to unclear handwriting, and should be "döpt" which means christened (or baptized). |
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