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bultlås

English translation: barrel padlock

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Danish term or phrase:bultlås
English translation:barrel padlock
Entered by: Christine Andersen

21:54 Feb 4, 2010
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology / type of medieval lock
Danish term or phrase: bultlås
This was a kind of lock used in the 14th and 15th centuries. It would have had a key, because some keys were also found in the excavation... along with pots and kitchen utensils, but it was all washed away in a flood, so the actual quote from the text is not terribly helpful!

Det er rester af glaserede kander, sortgrå kuglepotter, sko og andre genstande af læder, dele af støbte bronzegryder, armbrøstbolte, nøgler til bultlåse og en enkelt bultlås foruden godt 20 hulpenninge.

Thanks for any suggestions!
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 06:57
padlock
Explanation:
:o)
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 06:57
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Many thanks - this did put us on track
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3padlock
Sven Petersson
3desk-lock
Diarmuid Kennan


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padlock


Explanation:
:o)


    Reference: http://www.hgo.se/nordark/pdf/sspa00_03.pdf
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 06:57
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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desk-lock


Explanation:
I found this in a Danish-Norwegian-English Gyldendal dictionary from 1910.

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 05:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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