Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 14, 2008 18:45
16 yrs ago
Swedish term
Canada
Fast, friendly and flexible.
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian) 
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English, and 1 more.
mull
Swedish to English
Science
Geology
Marken inom de undersökta områdena består av siltig sand med inslag av mull överlagrat av ett halvmeter tjockt lager mull.
Safe to say this is "humus" in both cases?
Safe to say this is "humus" in both cases?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +1 | mull |
Sven Petersson
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| 3 +1 | Topsoil, mulch |
Eva-Marie Adams
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Proposed translations
+1
5 hrs
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
&
English
Works in field
Sweden
Medical Translator
Native in: Swedish 
, English
Works in: English to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, German to Swedish, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
Selected
mull
:o)
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-03-15 00:25:51 GMT)
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http://tripunix.mtt.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?$%7BBASE%7D=afsf&$%7BHTML%7D=afsf/ab&$%7BSNHTML%7D=afsf/nosyn&$%7BTRIPSHOW%7D=FORMAT&enspg=139&julid=AFSF&nu=2&vol=4
http://www5.hanford.gov/pdw/fsd/AR/FSD0001/FSD0038/D19611678...
http://www.geogr.ku.dk/afhandlinger/elberling/THESIS_Chapter...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-03-15 00:25:51 GMT)
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http://tripunix.mtt.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?$%7BBASE%7D=afsf&$%7BHTML%7D=afsf/ab&$%7BSNHTML%7D=afsf/nosyn&$%7BTRIPSHOW%7D=FORMAT&enspg=139&julid=AFSF&nu=2&vol=4
http://www5.hanford.gov/pdw/fsd/AR/FSD0001/FSD0038/D19611678...
http://www.geogr.ku.dk/afhandlinger/elberling/THESIS_Chapter...
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Peer comment(s):
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George Hopkins
: Concise and explicit again. Check Collins or any other English dictionary.
9 hrs
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Tack så mycket!
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Eva-Marie Adams
: According to your 4th source it says it is a kind of forest humus-- shouldn't it be called humus then if we don't know if it is in a forest. Mor was the other kind of humus.
13 hrs
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The definition of the Swedish and the English word is identical, thus 'mull' = 'mull'.
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Clare Barnes
: Definitely mull. http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/soilposters/5.pdf
14 hrs
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Thank you very much!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for this. Mull is a type of humus to coniferous soils. People also refer to it as "duff" out here on the west coast of the US. "
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20 mins
Eva-Marie Adams
Native in Swedish
professional- proof reading included!
Native in: Swedish
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish to English
Topsoil, mulch
I have only heard gardeners use the terms topsoil and mulch. Maybe one of these would work for you.
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In this whole discussion between topsoil/ mull etc I would if I were you just go with humus David. I think going into mor or mull etc is going into very specific kids of humus and unless you have more information in the actual text of what kind of humus it is-- I think you were right in the beginning I only suggested topsoil as a more generic word for it. Go with your own suggestion. I think you are right on.
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Note added at 21 hrs (2008-03-15 16:29:34 GMT)
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In this whole discussion between topsoil/ mull etc I would if I were you just go with humus David. I think going into mor or mull etc is going into very specific kids of humus and unless you have more information in the actual text of what kind of humus it is-- I think you were right in the beginning I only suggested topsoil as a more generic word for it. Go with your own suggestion. I think you are right on.
Peer comment(s):
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Linda Theis
: I would say topsoil
6 mins
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Thank you Linda!
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| agree |
Michele Fauble
1 hr
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Thank you Michele!
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Sven Petersson
: Please see my references! This is one of the very few errors in Nordstedts, and unfortunately copied over into Engström.
5 hrs
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Clare Barnes
: Mull isn't a gardening term, it's a geological one. Topsoil comes in many different types.
19 hrs
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So you are giving me a disagree because topsoil comes in many different types -- how does that make it wrong.- Mull is only one kind of humus- how do you know it shouldn't be mor? The context doesn't give that specific information.
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Hugh Curtis
: mulch
2 days 22 hrs
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Thank you!
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