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The belaying key labels on my Gjoa sail plan are all in English except for one pin labeled ørefiken.  I assume this is Norwegian as Gjoa was a Norwegian ship.  Can someone translate this for me?  Google translate isn’t helpful. It says it means cuff or slap on the face.   
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I recently completed my version of Gjoa, which I did with sails. I had the same question about that item, and as near as I could tell it is where the sheet of the fore staysail attaches to the rail traversing the deck forward of the mast. I think the term comes from the idea that this line would “ slap” from port to starboard ( or vice-versa) while tacking. 
Here is a not so clear pic of my model with the subject circled in yellow. 
At least, that is how I interpreted it. Though, keep in mind my Norwegian is limited to “ Aquavit” and “Skol”!IMG_2949.thumb.jpeg.220ce24bb2f410994c30d2825ef8a947.jpeg

Steve

 

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My Norwegian is also not very good, but I think Steve is right. I have a dictionary in ten languages, for maritime expressions. Norwegian is not the language which is in the book but only Danish. But in this language I could not find the meaning of your word.

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