fjärdingsväg

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From fjärding (quarter (archaic)) +‎ -s- +‎ väg (way), from being a quarter of an old Swedish mile (10688 m). A modern Scandinavian mile (mil) is 10 kilometers.

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk fjerdingsveg

Noun

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fjärdingsväg c

  1. (historical) an old Scandinavian unit of length, which in Sweden was equal to 2672 m (a quarter of an old Swedish mile and approximately a quarter of a modern Scandinavian mile, or around half a league)

Usage notes

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Sometimes used for (jocular) archaizing, like how fortnight might be used in English.

Declension

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