Amt \Amt\, n.; pl. {Amter}, {E}. {Amts}. [Dan. & Norw., fr. G.]
An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway.
[1913 Webster]
Each of the provinces [of Denmark] is divided into
several amts, answering . . . to the English hundreds.
--Encyc. Brit.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]