härad

See also: ha råd

Swedish

From Old Swedish hæraþ, from Old Norse herað (“district; country”).

härad n

a hundred; a court district in the Swedish countryside from medieval times until 1970
- 1646 May 7, anonymous author, “Från Markarydh den 28 Apr. [From Markarydh the 28th of April]”, in Post- och Inrikes Tidningar, page 3:
  […] / Så ſnart Capiteinen oͤfwer detta Haͤradz Dragoner thet foͤrnam / […]
  […] / As soon as the captain of this district's dragoons doth confirm / […]
(idiomatic) an area of (possibly remote) similarity
- 2016 October 24, Rebecka Kvint, “Hamnens nota: 623,6 miljoner [Port's bill: 623.6 million]”, in Hallands Nyheter:
  Siffrorna är så hyggliga de kan vara i det här skedet. Det kommer inte att landa på detta exakt, men siffrorna är i rätt härad. Man får räkna med en felmarginal på runt 20 procent i dagsläget.
  The figures are as reasonable as they can be at this stage. They won’t land exactly at this amount, but the numbers are in the right range. One should expect a margin of error of about 20 percent at this point.
- 2023, 12:53 from the start, in Doobidoo, episode 6, spoken by Lasse Kronér, quiz show:
  – [Är det] Peter Himmelstrand?
  – Nej. Ni är inne i rätt härad på ett sätt.
  – [Is it] Peter Himmelstrand?
  – No. You're in the right general area in a way.
  (literally, “You're in the right hundred in a way.”)