Note 146 — Chapter XIII · TO EASTERN ICELAND—WE REACH MÝ-VATN.
Reading edition
Evidently from Caballus, the word which has so successfully ousted the more classical Equus. The Dictionary makes the horseload = 5 trusses; Uno Von Troil, 12 to 15 lispunds, each about 17 Eng. lbs. avoir.