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Compound of fjärding(“quarter”) + -s- + man(“man”), as each fjärdingsman was originally responsible for one quarter of their härad(“hundred”). Attested since 1510.
1667 February 3, Petrus Gyllenius, edited by Reinhold Hausen, Diarium Gyllenianum eller Petrus Magni Gyllenii dagbok 1622–1667, published 1822, page 355:
[...] jagh sände straxt til Dye effter fierdingzmannen, och lätt arrestera honom [...]
I soon sent for Dye after the fierdingzman, and had him arrested
1843, Julius Axel Kiellman-Göranson, Miniaturer:
Nu kom fjerdingsman med ett par handklofvar och två styfva bönder fattade genast mod och togo tag i armarna på henne.
Now came the fjerdingsman with a pair of handcuffs and two able peasants immediately took courage and grabbed her arms.
