skaal [Danish]
In Denmark, before 1683, two units of mass used for butter:
- the liden (little) skaal = 2 skaalpund = ¹⁄₁₂₈ tønde, about 990.4 grams.
- the stor (great) skaal = 4 skallpund = ¹⁄₆₄ tønde, about
1.981 kilogram.
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