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
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fjärdingsväg	fjärdingsväg	—	—
Genitive	fjärdingsvägs	fjärdingsvägs	—	—

References

• fjärdingsväg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fjärdingsväg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fjärdingsväg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)