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Titel: SV: Translation help
Skrivet av: Anti Poika skrivet 2020-02-06, 12:26
Hello Don,

I did some research.

The name of the lake today is Södra Öllesjön or Björkenässjön.
In the 17th century it was connected to Norra Öllesjön and was called Ölsiön

http://www.isof.se/sprak/namn/ortnamn/ortnamnsregistret/sok-i-registret.html
> Blekinge
> Search - Ortnamn: ölle%

In 1680 the lake was called Ölsiön
https://www4.isof.se/NAU/bilder/_s2kx001/120207d1/p2/0001299a.pdf

According to SAOL ölle has no meaning as a word in Swedish. https://svenska.se/

Öl in Swedish means beer in English.
Öl in German means oil in Swedish.

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mad, maden, mader • sank ängsmark
It´s not exactly the same as swamp. You could say it´s somewhere in between a meadowland and a swamp as it is damp.
sankmark = fen

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I leave the question of the owls for Kalle to answer. ;)

Kind regards,