fjärdingsväg
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Swedish
Etymology
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
fjärdingsväg c
- (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
Sometimes used for (jocular) archaizing, like how fortnight might be used in English.
Declension
Declension of fjärdingsväg
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fjärdingsväg | fjärdingsvägs |
| definite | fjärdingsväg | fjärdingsvägs | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |