fjärdingsväg

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

  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

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 — —

References

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