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--- John Cowan <jcowan@hidden.email> wrote: > Christian Thalmann scripsit: > > > > 6. thousand > > > A thousand hides of my land were taken as > > > part of the mines. > > > > Un juoger mi ys terra fi caftun cun ei mine. > > [@n 'ju@g...@r mi y tEr fi 'gaft@ kun e > > 'vi:n] > > > > Note the usage of official IB units of > > measurements. =) > > I assumed a hide to be some 2 m^2. > > Not hardly. Quite! 1jg = .25 hectares or .62ac So he lost 250hc (or 620 ac) of land! That's a very large amount of land indeed! Pretty good sized farm. Mind you, top marks for the use of SI measures! ;) Padraic. ===== - Ke goueneremos dois Noeves, lis Apossoeil et lis Martheir; ke merite-nos la perdunació per y sew oriacèn - A Ddon ten mezer! -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .