Skiben

...The coastal areas of the country were therefore organised into districts, each of which was responsible for building and outfitting a warship, providing it with weapons and provisions, and manning it with rowers. These were then divided into districts, each of which could be called a rower's group, each of which could provide a crew member. In Norway, a district from which a ship could be sent out was called a skipreide or skipssýsle (meaning "ship duty" or "ship district"), in Denmark a skiben ("ship"), and a unit from which a rower could be sent out was called a manngjerd ("crew duty") or a havne ("oar string"). The relationship between districts and administrative units was unclear in the early stages, but it was calculated that there were four or five skipens in one herred (the area corresponding to the Icelandic herad) in Denmark, and the number of districts in Norway did not correspond to the actual number of mobilised sailors.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…そのため全土の沿岸部は，1隻の軍船を建造し，艤装し，武器と糧秣を供給し，漕手＝兵員を乗りくませるための〈船区〉に編成され，さらにその下は乗員1名をだす漕手組ともいうべき単位地区に区分組織された。　1隻の船をだす地域は，ノルウェーではシキプレイザskipreideないしシキプスシュースラskipssýsle(〈船の義務〉〈船管区〉の意)，デンマークではスキペンskiben(〈船〉)，1人の漕手をだす単位はそれぞれマンゲルズmanngjerd(〈乗員義務〉)，ハブネhavne(〈オール紐〉)とよばれている。船区と行政単位との関係は初期の段階では明確ではないが，デンマークでは1ヘラッドherred(アイスランドのヘラズに当たる地域)に4ないし5スキペンがあったと計算され，ノルウェーでは船区の数は，現実の動員船員と一致しない。…

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