Etymology

sceat

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Today it means: A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver; sometimes regarded as a weight (and thus a comparative measure of a coin's value). Full definition →

Old English sceatt
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The story

  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromsceatt
  2. Old English · learned borrowing fromsceatt
  3. English todaysceat

Learned borrowing from Old English sceatt.

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