[YG Conlang Archives] > [romanceconlang group] > messages [Date Index] [Thread Index] >
--- 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. A hide was enough land to support a > single (peasant) family. > The size varied widely, depending on the quality of > the land, but > ranged from 500,000 m^2 down to perhaps a quarter of > that. > So is "hide" an old Englis/Germanic measure? If so what is the eqivilant measure in some Romance lang. I've never come across this unit before. Adam > -- > The man that wanders far > jcowan@hidden.email > from the walking tree > http://www.reutershealth.com > --first line of a non-existent poem by: > John Cowan > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > To unsubscribe to this group, sell your soul to > Satan, do not pass go, do not collect $200. In other > words, you're stuck here now!! > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ===== Il prori ul pa雝veju fi dji atexindu mutu madji fached. -- Carrajena proverb