fylki (ON) noun

In Western Norway and Trøndelag (Mid-Norway) the law districts were subdivided into provinces called fylki, a unit corresponding roughly to the Anglo-Saxon shire. The Gulathing consisted of six fylki. In Western Norway (except Agder and Sunnmøre) these provinces were further divided into quarters (fjórðungar, see fiarþunger) and eighths (áttungar, see attunger). A smaller unit was the herað (see hæraþ), corresponding roughly to the Anglo-Saxon hundred. ONorw fylki as a smaller unit of land was used similarly to ODan bygth (see bygd) (cf. von See).

county OIce Js Kdb 7
ONorw FrL Tfb 4 Mhb 24
province ONorw GuL Krb, Kpb, Kvb, Løb, Llb, Arb, Tfb, Mhb, Tjb, Olb, Leb
ONorw MLL Þfb, Kdb 12, Lvb, Mah 7, 11, Ert 14, 16, Lb 4, 8, Llb 26, Kab, Þjb 2, 5
region OIce Grg Ómb 143 Refs:

Helle 2001, 76–79; Hertzberg s.v. fylki; KLNM s.v. fylke; Sunde 2011a, 58; von See 1964, 191