Editing Medieval weights and measures (section)

=== Length ===

* ''skrupel'' &ndash; Scruple, {{frac|1|12}} ''linje'' or approx. 0.18&nbsp;mm.
* ''linje'' &ndash; Line, {{frac|1|12}} ''tomme'' or approx. 2.18&nbsp;[[millimetre|mm]]
* ''tomme'' &ndash; Thumb (inch), {{frac|1|12}} ''fot'', approx. 2.61&nbsp;cm. This unit was commonly used for measuring timber until the 1970s. Nowadays, the word refers invariably to the [[Imperial units|Imperial]] [[inch]], 2.54&nbsp;cm.
* ''kvarter'' &ndash; Quarter, {{frac|1|4}} ''alen''.
* ''fot'' &ndash; Foot, {{frac|1|2}} ''alen''. From 1824, 31.374&nbsp;cm. 
* ''alen'' &ndash; Forearm, 62.748&nbsp;cm from 1824, 62.75&nbsp;[[centimetre|cm]] from 1683, 63.26&nbsp;cm from 1541. Before that, local variants.
* ''favn'' &ndash; [[Fathom]] (pl. ''favner''), 1.882&nbsp;[[metre|m]].
* ''stang'' &ndash; Rod, 5 ''alen'' or 3.1375&nbsp;m
* ''lås'' &ndash; 28.2 m
* ''steinkast'' &ndash; Stone's throw, perhaps 25 ''favner'', used to this day as a very approximate measure.
* ''fjerdingsvei'' &ndash; Quarter mile, alt. ''fjerding'', {{frac|1|4}} ''mil'', i.e. 2.82375&nbsp;km.
* ''rast'' &ndash;Lit. "rest", the old name of the ''mil''. A suitable distance between rests when walking. Believed to be approx. 9&nbsp;km before 1541. 
* ''mil'' &ndash; Norwegian [[mile]], spelled ''miil'' prior to 1862, 18000 ''alen'' or 11.295&nbsp;[[kilometre|km]]. Before 1683, a ''mil'' was defined as 17600 ''alen'' or 11.13&nbsp;km. The unit survives to this day, but in a [[metric system|metric]] 10&nbsp;km adaptation
* ''landmil'' &ndash; Old land-mile, 11.824&nbsp;km.