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sceat
sceat Hist. and Numism. Pl. sceattas. Also written 8–9 skeat (pl. skeats, skeattas), 9 scaett (pl. scaettas); 9 erron. forms sceatta, skeatta, pl. sceattæ, skeattæ. [a. OE. sceat, scætt (see scat n.1). The OE. pronunciation was (ʃat) or (ʃæt).] a. Hist. A coin or denomination of money mentioned in O... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sceat
A ( ; , ) was a small, thick silver coin minted in England, Frisia, and Jutland during the Anglo-Saxon period that normally weighed 0.8–1.3 grams. History Its name derives from Old English , meaning "wealth", "money", and "coin", which has been applied to these coins since the 17th century based on ... wikipedia.org
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skeate
▪ I. skeat var. of sceat.▪ II. skeat(e obs. ff. skate n.1 Oxford English Dictionary
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Styca
History Stycas were first minted in the reign of Æthelred I of Northumbria (790–796), replacing the earlier sceat which ceased production in c. 790. wikipedia.org
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ciric-sceat
ciric-sceat see church-scot. Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxshott
History Early history Oxshott means "Ocga's corner of land", from the Old English personal name Ocga and sceat (related to modern 'shoot') "corner of wikipedia.org
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Evershot
A similar theory places the origin at 'eafor sceat,' meaning 'wild boar thicket.' wikipedia.org
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church-scot
church-scot, -shot Modernized adaptation of OE. ciric-sceat [f. OE. ciric- church- + sceat money-payment, tribute, rate], in 12th c. church-scet, which was subsequently, as an obsolete term, variously corrupted as 3 chirchesset (ss = sh), -soht, 4 cherset; and by legal antiquaries, 7 churchesset, 7–... Oxford English Dictionary
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Chain Hill
Archaeology A number of coin and sceat finds have been made at the top of Chain Hill indicating a period of settlement from the late Iron Age through wikipedia.org
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alms-fee
ˈalms-fee The payment also called Peter's pence, and Rome-scot, anciently made to the pope.a 1000 in Thorpe Anc. Laws I. 432 Eac of maneᵹum landum mare land-riht arist to cyniᵹes ᵹebanne..ælmes-feoh & cyric-sceat. 1691 Blount Law Dict., Almsfeoh, or Aelmesfeoh, that is, Peter-Pence, anciently paid i... Oxford English Dictionary
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Thrymsa
The thrymsa ceased to be minted after about 675 and was superseded by the silver sceat. Gold coins ceased to be minted completely by about 675, after which the silver sceat was minted instead. wikipedia.org
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somne
▪ I. † somne, v.1 Obs. Forms: 1 somniᵹean, somnian, 3 somnien (somni), somnen, sompnen, some(n). [OE. sǫmnian, var. of samnian: see sam v.1 and cf. sumne v.] trans. To assemble, gather, collect, unite.α c 825 Vesp. Psalter cxxviii. 7 Of ðæm ne ᵹefylleð..his sceat se ðe reopan somnað. a 1000 Phœnix 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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Scot and lot
This payment was typically a sceat, so the levy itself gradually came to be called sceat. In burghs, sceat was levied to cover maintenance of the town walls and defences. wikipedia.org
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plow-alms
ˈplough-ˌalms, plow-alms Now Hist. [f. plough n.1 + alms; repr. OE. sulh-ælmessan.] A church-due in Old English times and later, consisting of one penny per annum for each plough or plough-land.[a 1000 Laws of Edmund i. c. 2 (Schmid) Be teoðungum and ciric-sceattum. Þeoðunge we bebeodað ælcum criste... Oxford English Dictionary
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Siliqua
It is thought that by clipping, siliquae provided the first coinage of the Saxons, as this reduced them to around the same size as a sceat, and there is wikipedia.org
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