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på holken

English translation: the socket

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Swedish term or phrase:holken
English translation:the socket
Entered by: Agneta Pallinder

07:58 Mar 3, 2022
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: på holken
Man ser även på holken att den hör till släktet klyvyxor.

This is about axes.....anyone know what is holk(en)? It isn't a nesting box.
Alan Dickey (X)
France
Local time: 18:56
from the socket
Explanation:
It is a so called socketed axe: "A type of tool typical of the later stages of the European Bronze Age in which the body of the tool is hollow so that it can receive a shaped projection at the end of the haft in order to secure the haft to the metal axehead." (From Oxford reference)
In Swedish "holkyxa".
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Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:56
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Hi - thank you so much - I would never have got that! Perfect.
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from the socket


Explanation:
It is a so called socketed axe: "A type of tool typical of the later stages of the European Bronze Age in which the body of the tool is hollow so that it can receive a shaped projection at the end of the haft in order to secure the haft to the metal axehead." (From Oxford reference)
In Swedish "holkyxa".

Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:56
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 42
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Hi - thank you so much - I would never have got that! Perfect.
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