härad

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish hæraþ, from Old Norse herað (district; country).

Noun

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härad n

  1. a hundred; a court district in the Swedish countryside from medieval times until 1970
    • 1646 May 7, anonymous author, “Från Markarydh den 28 Apr. [From Markarydh the 28th of April]”, in Post- och Inrikes Tidningar, page 3:
      [] / Så ſnart Capiteinen oͤfwer detta Haͤradz Dragoner thet foͤrnam / []
      [] / As soon as the captain of this district's dragoons doth confirm / []
  2. (idiomatic) an area of (possibly remote) similarity
    • 2023, 12:53 from the start, in Doobidoo, episode 6, spoken by Lasse Kronér, quiz show:
      – [Är det] Peter Himmelstrand?
      – Nej. Ni är inne i rätt härad på ett sätt.
      – [Is it] Peter Himmelstrand?
      – No. You're in the right general area in a way.
      (literally, “You're in the right hundred in a way.”)

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