Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
svalla / ursvalla
English translation:
surge, boil, bubble over / rinse out, scour out
Added to glossary by
Christine Andersen
Feb 13, 2004 14:52
20 yrs ago
Swedish term
ursvallad
Swedish to English
Science
Environment & Ecology
In a description of Swedish nature, the term "ursvallade moräner" appears. What does ursvallad mean?
Proposed translations
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| 3 | scoured out |
Christine Andersen
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| 4 +3 | wave-washed tills |
George Hopkins
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| 4 | remains from the ice age |
Anette Herbert
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Proposed translations
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in English
Works in field
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
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scoured out
I'm guessing a bit, but when it's moraine in Sweden it is probably washed out by the meltwater from the ice age.
Dramatic forces, dramatic landscapes...
Dramatic forces, dramatic landscapes...
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wave-washed tills
I asked my son-in-law, he's a geologist.
Peer comment(s):
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KirstyMacC (X)
: wave-washed moraines also Google well. My problem is having learned over 30 years ago - from an Austrian Prof. - the 'moraines' geography of the N. Germ and Scand. area.
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Thank you, although I think 'tills' is more to the point.
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EKM
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Thank you
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Henrik Brameus
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Anette Herbert
Native in Swedish
Works in field
Medical and health translations
Native in: Swedish
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish
remains from the ice age
" ursvallad morän" ground with big rocks (stenblock) where the ice rushed forth and (took everything with it except these big blocks of stone)
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Note added at 1 hr 2 mins (2004-02-13 15:54:57 GMT)
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Also:
Swedish geologists distinguish between bottengrus (bottom gravel, bottom moraine) and ordinary krossgrus (terminal and side moraine). The former generally consists of a hard and compact mass of rounded, scratched and sometimes polished stones firmly embedded in a powder of crushed rock. The latter is less compact and contains angular boulders, often of a considerable size, but no powder.
http://25.1911encyclopedia.org/S/SW/SWEDEN.htm
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Note added at 4 hrs 10 mins (2004-02-13 19:03:12 GMT)
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Ursvallad actually means \"from surgings (of water)\"
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Note added at 1 hr 2 mins (2004-02-13 15:54:57 GMT)
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Also:
Swedish geologists distinguish between bottengrus (bottom gravel, bottom moraine) and ordinary krossgrus (terminal and side moraine). The former generally consists of a hard and compact mass of rounded, scratched and sometimes polished stones firmly embedded in a powder of crushed rock. The latter is less compact and contains angular boulders, often of a considerable size, but no powder.
http://25.1911encyclopedia.org/S/SW/SWEDEN.htm
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Note added at 4 hrs 10 mins (2004-02-13 19:03:12 GMT)
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Ursvallad actually means \"from surgings (of water)\"
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