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 (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 ==== === References === “fjärdingsväg”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “fjärdingsväg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “fjärdingsväg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)