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==Weight and Measurement== | |||
Nothing confuses our American school children quite as much as beginning arithmetic classes in weights and measure. | Nothing confuses our American school children quite as much as beginning arithmetic classes in weights and measure. | ||
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==Meaures in Old Norway== | |||
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'''tønne(r) or tunne, or tønde''' - a barrel, cask or drum measuring about 4 bushels (for fish, grain, potoatoes, etc.). One tønne was equal to 4 kvart; in the 1600s one tønne of grain was 4 mæler equal to 16 fjerdinger equal to 72 kanner, about 144 liters, although a tønne of grain is sometimes listed as 139 liters and a tønne of fish 116 liters. | '''tønne(r) or tunne, or tønde''' - a barrel, cask or drum measuring about 4 bushels (for fish, grain, potoatoes, etc.). One tønne was equal to 4 kvart; in the 1600s one tønne of grain was 4 mæler equal to 16 fjerdinger equal to 72 kanner, about 144 liters, although a tønne of grain is sometimes listed as 139 liters and a tønne of fish 116 liters. | ||
==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== | |||
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'''rote(r) or roder(r) -''' five alen. | '''rote(r) or roder(r) -''' five alen. | ||
==Measure by weight== | |||
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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. | ||