över and under relating to time

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över and under relating to time

Postby Kenneth » 2019-01-26, 12:42

I wonder if anyone can help me with this. In a 19th century document I came across the sentence: "Grufarbetare som arbeta öfver och under Dag" i.e. Gruvarbetare som arbeta över och under dag in the modern spelling. What do "över" and "under" mean in this context?

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Re: över and under relating to time

Postby Woods » 2022-12-06, 11:24

Kenneth wrote:I wonder if anyone can help me with this. In a 19th century document I came across the sentence: "Grufarbetare som arbeta öfver och under Dag" i.e. Gruvarbetare som arbeta över och under dag in the modern spelling. What do "över" and "under" mean in this context?

I know it's an old topic, but here's my bet:


From Norstedts Stora Svenska Ordbok:

under:

"3. med pågående genom hela förloppet av viss tidsperiod (...)

~ 1800-talet var Sverige ett u-land; det regnade varenda dag ~ hans semester; sjukfrånvaron har ökat ~ det gångna året"


So I think "under och öfver" is just emphasis.

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Re: över and under relating to time

Postby h34 » 2022-12-06, 17:16

I think here, in the context of mining, dag might not refer to a time period but rather to daylight: work carried out över dag would be surface mining (dagbrytning) (≈ mining "in the daylight", above/över the ground); work carried out under dag would be sub-surface (underground) mining. But that's just a guess.

edit: adding Wikipedia link:
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagbrott


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