[#1173] Agricultural Terms

[Gjest Rud]

I know now that Får is sheep, and Bygg is barley, but what on earth is "stort kveg" and "kviete"? My dictionary says the latter is halibut, but I truly doubt my gg grandfathers were planting fish.

[Gjest Yngve Nedrebø]

Stort kveg = "larger cattle", e.g. cows and oxens."Kveite" = hvete = wheat

[Gjest Susan Barham]

Thank you so much for the information. I'm glad to know that they were not burying fish.

[Gjest Bent Tønnesen]

Kan kviete betyde kvie? = "ung, endnu ikke drægtig ung ko" = heifer.