Leif Henriksen Aug 9, 2011:

My vote is definitely on skibpund (or skippund)

EileenF (asker) Aug 8, 2011:

takk så mye, both Leif and Vedis. Are we decided on skålpund, then, or skippund?

Leif Henriksen Aug 8, 2011:

BTW, my mother always used to refer to "en mark" eller "to merker" when meaning 250 or 500 gram of some commodiites like butter, coffee etc.

And a merke/mark is half a skålpund, so there we go :)

Leif Henriksen Aug 8, 2011:

I am not convinced, Vedis - I would say Skippund. And for the lpd I would say Lispund. Both taken from the very informative site http://maritimt.net/arkforsk/norskem.htm

The logic here is probably that the value of the farm is measured in salt and skins, and Skålpund is way to low a value for that. Also see 'Ankeret var på 3 skibpund 6 lispund og vurderedes til...' from http://www.vang-hansen.dk/hammerhusTingbog/HammershusBirketi...

Vedis Bjørndal Aug 8, 2011:

Skpd stands for skålpund.