Ahm

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In Denmark, a unit of liquid capacity used for Rhine wine, linseed oil and vinegar, = 4 ankre = 2/3 oksehoved.

According to the decree of 1698, 1 ahm = 155 potter. But the same decree says there are 39 potter to the anker, making 156 potter to the ahm. Friss and Glaman (page 119) say that "actual evidence ... seems to indicate the greater likelihood that in practice the ahm contained 160 potter". If that is so, the ahm was about 154.9 liters.

Examples

AUME; (of Renish Wine) is 40 gallons.

Worlidge, 1704.