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ONP: Dictionary of Old Norse Prose

Word

fjórðungr sb. m. [-s/-ar, dat. -/i; -ar]

Status: excerpted citation slips citation text supplemented structured definitions in Danish definitions in English

1) fjerdedel (one) fourth, quarter

2) (af himmelen) fjerdedel (of the sky) quadrant

3) (af jorden/verden) fjerdedel (of the division of the earth/world into four parts in medieval cartography/geography) quarter

4) (i Island) (ved retslig/administrativ inddeling af landet) fjerdedel, en af fire landsdele, fjerding (in Iceland) (of the legal/administrative division of the country) quarter, one of four divisions

 ● innan fjórðungs

 ● sams fjórðungs

 ● útan fjórðungs

5) (i Island) (ved mindre distriktsinddeling mhp. fattigforsørgelse) fjerdedel (in Iceland) (of smaller district divisions for the purposes of welfare for the poor) quarter, district

6) (i Norge) (af landsdel: fylke, etc.) fjerdedel, fjerding (in Norway) (of a region) quarter, one of four regions

 ● innan fjórðungs

 ● útan fjórðungs

7) (af jordejendom/jord/vandløb) fjerdedel (of a property/land/watercourse) quarter, fourth

cf. Hertzberg 1889 [ANF 5] 232-235

8) (af købstad) fjerdedel, kvarter (of a town) quarter

9) (af kirkegårdsgærde/kirkegård) fjerdedel (of a cemetary/churchyard fence) (one of) four (sides)

10) (om løn for arbejdsindsats) fjerdedel (of payment for work) quarter share

 ● til fjórðungs/fjórðungar

11) (af afgift, tiende, etc.) fjerdedel (of tax, tithe, etc.) quarter, one fourth

12) (om afdeling/felt på forarbejdet genstand: bæger, hjelm, banner, skjold) fjerdedel, kvart, (heraldisk) kvarter (of a division/field on a man-made object: cup, helmet, banner, shield) quarter, (heraldic) quarter

13) (i poesi) (af ottelinjet strofe) fjerdedel ɔ: to linjer (in poetry) (of a eight-line stanza) quarter ɔ: two lines, couplet

14) (mat.) fjerdedel ɔ: mulighed for firdeling (mat.) quarter ɔ: ability to divide into four

15) (om mønt) kvartpenning (of coinage) farthing

cf. quadrantibus, Lange & Unger 1858 [DN 4] 65³⁸ (lat. 1305)

16) (i Island) (vægtenhed/rummål) fjerding (cf. Magnús M. Lárusson 1959 [KLNM 4] 385-386) (in Iceland) (unit of weight/volume) fourth (cf. Magnús M. Lárusson 1959 [KLNM 4] 385-386)

om vægtenhed vs. rummål, cf. item Jansson 1959 [KLNM 4] 384, Rasmussen 1959 [KLNM 4] 385

17) (i Norge) rummål (in Norway) measure of volume

cf. Bauge 1959 [KLNM 4] 385

 ● fjórðungr mǽlis

18) (længdemål) fjerdingvej, 1/4 ‘rǫst’ (measure of distance corresponding to a quarter of the length between two resting points) quarter (of a Nordic) mile, 1/4 ‘rǫst’

ca. 2,25 km

19*) (længdemål) ?1/170 el. 1/150 ‘míla’, 128 el. 133 ‘faðmar’ (≠ ‘skeið’) (cf. Magnús M. Lárusson 1966 [KLNM 11] 627) (measure of length) ?1/170 or 1/150 ‘míla’, 128 or 133 ‘faðmar’ (≠ ‘skeið’) (cf. Magnús M. Lárusson 1966 [KLNM 11] 627)

20*) (længdemål, transl. fr. lieue, ?quarantaigne) (measure of length, transl. fr. lieue, ?quarantaigne)

21) (tidsenhed) kvartdøgn (unit of time) quarter of a day, six hours

Form.: fiorðungs (13); fiordung (10); fiorðongr (10); fiorðungi (9); fiordunga (8); fjórðungi (8); fiorðung (7); fiorðongs (6); fjórðungs (6); fiorðong (6); fiorðvng (5); fiorðungar (5); fiorðonga (5); fiorðonge (5); fiordungar (5); fiorðunga (4); fjórðung (4); fiorðungr (4); fiorðvngi (3); fjórðunga (3); fiorþvngi (2); fiórþung (2); fiórþungi (2); fjórðungrinn (2); fiórðung (2); fiorðongi (2); fiorþungr (2); fiorðvnginn (1); feorðungha (1); fiordungi (1); fiorþvng (1); fiorðungh (1); fjórðungum (1); fiordunginum (1); fjordungum (1); fiorþung (1); fiordungs (1); fiorgongr en (1); fiordœngr (1); fiordongrenn (1); fiórðungr (1); fiordonghen (1); fiordunge (1); fjórðungarnir (1); fiordungvm (1); fiordunghar (1); fjórðúnga (1); fiordunng (1); fiordvng (1); fiórþunga (1); fiordonga (1); fiordungur (1); fiorðungiɴ (1); fiordongan (1); fiordvngr (1); fjörðungum (1); fiorðongum (1); fiordongen (1);

Comp.: alfta·dúns- (1), aust·firðinga- (10), barkar- (1), blástrs·járns- (1), breið·firðinga- (1), -brǿðra-, bygg- (1), byskupa- (1), byskups- (2), -dúns-, eini·berja- (1), ey·firðinga- (2), fá·tǿkra·manna- (1), fiska- (3), flot- (2), fyllings- (1), grasa- (1), gull- (1), há·karls- (1), half- (2), hlaup·árs- (1), húða- (1), húðar- (2), hval- (1), jarðar- (2), kirkju- (1), klyppinga- (1), krofa- (1), krof- (1), lands- (10), lýsis- (1), matar- (1), mjolkr- (1), mjǫl- (1), mǫr- (1), nauta- (1), nauta·skyrs- (1), norð·lendinga- (25), osta- (1), ost- (2), prest- (3), prests- (3), rafa·beltis- (1), rang·ǽinga- (2), ríkis- (1), riklings- (1), róta- (1), salt·ketils- (1), sauða·skyrs- (1), sel- (2), silfr- (1), skamm·rifja- (1), smjǫr- (1), sperðla- (2), sunn·lendinga- (15), sýru- (1), sǫlva- (1), tolf- (1), tǫðu- (1), ullar- (1), vað·mála- (1), vað·máls- (1), vax- (1), vest·firðinga- (15), vetrar·smjǫrs- (1), vǫru- (1), þurfa·manna- (1), ǽða·dúns- (1)

Gloss.: EJ; ClV; ClVAdd _; ClVErr _; ClVSuppl _; Suppl1 _; Suppl2 _; Finsen; Fr; FrErr1 _; FrErr2 _; FrErr3 _; LLFrämm _; Hertzb; HertzbLat _; HertzbTill _; Suppl4 _; Fischer _; Anm _; Bin _; Rím; LP; Med -ord-; MedComp _; MedSimp _; WN _; AH; AJ _; deVr _; Fr4 item fjerðingr; NO; Walter _; ÁBlM (fjórir); Bl; WPA _;

Litt.: Bandle 1956 [BA 17] 89f., 344; Bandle 1977 [Rit 12] 63; Bauge 1959 [KLNM 4] 379-380; Bauge 1959 [KLNM 4] 385; Falk 1914 128, 164; Gerhold 2002 82, 140-141, 165, 178-184, 193; Gunnar Karlsson 1993 [Ný Saga 6] 52; Hertzberg 1889 [ANF 5] 232-235; Hægstad 1916 154; Jansson 1959 [KLNM 4] 384; Magnús M. Lárusson 1959 [KLNM 4] 381-382; Magnús M. Lárusson 1959 [KLNM 4] 385-386; Pirinen 1959 [KLNM 4] 203; Rasmussen 1959 [KLNM 4] 376-377; Rasmussen 1959 [KLNM 4] 385; Rasmussen 1966 [KLNM 11] 627; Rasmusson 1964 [KLNM 9] 551; Seip 1955 129

Genre. (expected): legal works [jur]: 103 (16); charters [dip]: 18 (13); romances [rom]: 15 (18); religious works [rel]: 10 (45); historical works [his]: 7 (30); family sagas [isl]: 6 (21); contemporary sagas [bis]: 5 (12); learned works [div]: 3 (5); legendary sagas [fas]: 2 (7); þættir [tot]: 2 (4); unclassified [ ]: 0 (1);

HD (red.) — October 2010

TW (eng. def.) — April 2023

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