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===Meaures in Old Norway=== | |||
Measures by Volume: | Measures by Volume: | ||
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===Areal Measure=== | |||
'''fjerding(er)''' - not a unit in itself but often used to mean a quarter of some governmental unit, a parish, county, city, etc. | '''fjerding(er)''' - not a unit in itself but often used to mean a quarter of some governmental unit, a parish, county, city, etc. | ||
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===Linear's Measure=== | |||
'''alen '''- two fodder or 0.6275 meters or two feet 3/4 inches in the englisth system. | '''alen '''- two fodder or 0.6275 meters or two feet 3/4 inches in the englisth system. | ||
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===Measure by weigh=== | |||
'''bismerpund''' - a unit usually equal to 12 pund or about 12 English pounds. However, in Vesby a bismerpund was noted as equal to 13 skaalpund. | '''bismerpund''' - a unit usually equal to 12 pund or about 12 English pounds. However, in Vesby a bismerpund was noted as equal to 13 skaalpund. | ||
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====Hud and Skinn==== | |||
The words for hides and skins, i.e., tanned leather, deserve special mention. Leather in itself appears to have been a trade commodity used as it was for so many finished products from shoes to harnesses, to furniture, to book covers. Wealthy merchants are known to have covered their walls with engraved and painted leather panels. | The words for hides and skins, i.e., tanned leather, deserve special mention. Leather in itself appears to have been a trade commodity used as it was for so many finished products from shoes to harnesses, to furniture, to book covers. Wealthy merchants are known to have covered their walls with engraved and painted leather panels. | ||