[#66158] Please help translate: Opsiddere

[Gjest K. Amelia Brown]

What does the word 'opsiddere' or the abbreviation 'ops.' mean? I've seen variations of the word or abbreviation in the 1663-66 census. The word is not listed in my dictionary, which is the Norskj-Engelske Ordbok - Norwegian-English Dictionary, editor-in-chief: Einar Haugen, Ph.D, Universitetsforlaget AS, Fourth Edition, 1996.Can anyone help?

[Gjest Yngve Nedrebø]

Oppsitter = Farmer, tenant farmer, freeholder.

[Gjest K. Amelia Brown]

Thank you very much.