Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
stinkende herdevann
English translation:
stinking hardening water
Added to glossary by
Michele Fauble
Apr 5, 2008 16:52
16 yrs ago
Norwegian term
stinkende herdevann
Norwegian to English
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Metallurgy / Casting
forging metal
Context: It was perhaps not so unusual that the smith was a highly regarded person, and that much of the forging profession was regarded as something mystical or related to trolldom. Most people knew very little about the wondrous powers of steel to become hard or soft just by being worked over glowing coals and in “stinkende herdevann” ...
Proposed translations
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Apr 11, 2008 23:30: Michele Fauble Created KOG entry
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stinking hardening water
... the latter being partially precipitated upon the surface of the steel. Hardening water which has been used for some time will finally get into such a ...
books.google.com/books?id=lrtKAAAAMAAJ...
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Note added at 6 days (2008-04-11 23:38:40 GMT) Post-grading
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Tool-steel: A Concise Handbook on Tool-steel in General, Its ... - Google Books Result
http://books.google.com/books?id=lrtKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA98&lpg=PA...
books.google.com/books?id=lrtKAAAAMAAJ...
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Note added at 6 days (2008-04-11 23:38:40 GMT) Post-grading
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Tool-steel: A Concise Handbook on Tool-steel in General, Its ... - Google Books Result
http://books.google.com/books?id=lrtKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA98&lpg=PA...
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Comment: "Thank you, Michele. One query, though - "hardening water" sounds fine, but would one really use the word "stinking" to describe it? Secondly, could you please repeat your reference URL? "
Discussion
Here is the Google search URL. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="Hardening water which ...