Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
h. a. dec.
English translation:
Dean for this year
Added to glossary by
Charles Ek
Feb 13, 2010 19:32
14 yrs ago
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Danish term
h. a. dec.
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Eksamensbevis - forkortelse
Forkortelsen står under den (dekanen), der har underskrevet eksamensbeviset (Naturvidenskabelig kandidateksamen) nederst på siden:
[underskrift]
h. a. dec.
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h. a. dec.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +4 | Dean for this year |
Charles Ek
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| 4 | acting |
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Feb 15, 2010 08:35: Charles Ek Created KOG entry
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Dean for this year
My suggestion is not very elegant, but I think it's what is meant here.
"h.a." = "hoc anno" > "in this year"
"dec." = "decanus" > "dean"
See the reference link below for footnote #24. Follow that footnote back into the text above and you'll see a signature:
"Khavn d. 16de Juni 1841.
F.C. Sibbern
h. a. Dec. fac. philos."
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-02-13 23:34:28 GMT)
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Academic deans are elected by their peers. I suppose this one had a one-year term?
"h.a." = "hoc anno" > "in this year"
"dec." = "decanus" > "dean"
See the reference link below for footnote #24. Follow that footnote back into the text above and you'll see a signature:
"Khavn d. 16de Juni 1841.
F.C. Sibbern
h. a. Dec. fac. philos."
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-02-13 23:34:28 GMT)
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Academic deans are elected by their peers. I suppose this one had a one-year term?
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Note from asker:
| Thanks a lot Charles - I think you are right on the money. |
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William [Bill] Gray
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Christine Andersen
: I found this in Dansk Sprognævn´s ´Rigtig kort´ abbreviation list, Gunnar Nissen´s, Ralf Svenblad´s Swedish book and Oxford Dict. of abbreviations. No other suggestion fits!
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acting
as in "acting dean"
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