I just noticed this on my wood stove and I don’t speak Norwegian so I was hoping someone might be able to tell me what this says?

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  1. I bury my embers
    Late in the evening
    When the day is done
    May God ensure my embers
    Never dies out

    We had the same inscription on our wood stove growing up.

  2. As a sidenote, when I were on a scout camp, we used to have barbeque on some steel barrels that were cut in two. The day after, around 14 hours after the bbq, I dug in the ash and found tiny bits of coal/charcoal. I slowly put them together while talking with some friends, and the pile got hotter and hotter untill i catched fire

  3. I bury my embers

    Late in the evening

    When the day is over

    May god ensure my fire

    Never dies out

  4. Its a message from ‘småfolket’ if you dont use the stove enough they’ll steal from you. Mostly socks.

  5. This is from a really old Norwegian poem called “jernmalmen i grubene på eineaasen” never heard the poem before and I’m Norwegian, but It’s from the early 1600’s, It’s not just a poem, It’s a part pf history. Directly translated it says “I dug down my fire, late at night. When the day is over, God give my fire, never burn out” where are you from, OP? Norway became independent from Denmark in 1814 so this is before then, really nice part of history you got there

  6. English

    I DIGGED MY FIRE LATE IN THE EVENING WHEN THE DAY IS END GOD GRANT MY FIRE AGE EXTINGUISHED

    Norwegian

    EG GREY NED MIN ELD SENT OM KVELD NAAR DAGEN ER SLUT GUD GJE MIN ELD ALDER SLOKNA UT

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