kongehauger

English translation: royal mounds

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Norwegian term or phrase:kongehauger
English translation:royal mounds
Entered by: Mabel Garzón

13:50 Mar 16, 2008
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / Vikings history
Norwegian term or phrase: kongehauger
Monumentale kongehauger i Borre,
Mabel Garzón
Colombia
royal mounds
Explanation:
there are many of them in Scandinavia
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valhalla55
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Thank you Valhala.
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3 +1royal mounds
valhalla55
4royal burial mound
Vedis Bjørndal


  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
royal mounds


Explanation:
there are many of them in Scandinavia

valhalla55
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Thank you Valhala.

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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
royal burial mound


Explanation:
Very often the king was buried in his Viking ship.

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Note added at 42 mins (2008-03-16 14:33:05 GMT)
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Sorry, it should be "mounds"


    Reference: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jasen01/texts/longship.htm
    Reference: http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Norway/Oslo_Regi...
Vedis Bjørndal
Norway
Local time: 05:21
Native speaker of: Norwegian
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