1) Modern obsolete currency 
A fyrk was a monetary unit used in Sweden in the 15th to 17th century, with a value of between 1/6 and 1/2 öre. The word is derived from Middle Low German vereken (vierichen) and ultimately from ver or vier, a monetary unit (from vier, `four`). After the monetary unit had been abolished, the word remained in use in the general sense of `small ......