hacksilvern.

Brit.

/ˈhaksɪlvə/, U.S.

/ˈhækˌsɪlvər/

Forms:

α. 1800s– hacksilver.

β. 1800s– hacksilber.

Also with capital initial (chiefly in β. forms).

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Hacksilber.

Etymology: < German Hacksilber (W. Grempler 1888, in a lecture reported in Correspondenz-Blatt der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Anthropologie 20 (1889) 155) < hack- hack- comb. form + Silber silver n. The α. forms show remodelling of the second element after silver n. The forms with capital initial reflect the usual spelling of nouns in German.

Archaeology.

Silver in the form of cut or hacked fragments of plate, jewellery, or other items, treated as bullion or used as currency.Hacksilver is frequently found in Viking hoards.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > uncoined metal as medium of exchange > silver

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1896 W. E. Hoyle in Museums Assoc.: Rep. Proc. 7th Ann. Gen. Meeting 136 Bars, jewellery, or foreign coins were hacked up (hence the name Hacksilver) and broken into fragments.

1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iii. i. 157 Pots, fats, coins, hacksilver.

1980 K. Randsborg Viking Age in Denmark 137 In the tenth century and early eleventh century the finds are plentiful. They..usually contain both coins and hack-silver.

1988 Dragon Mag. Jan. 62/1 Drinking horns and bowls and kettles.., all full of coins and spirals of hack-silver.

2014 S. H. Gullbekk in R. Naismith et al. Early Medieval Monetary Hist. xiv. 339 Hack-silver was used all over Norway, not only at the marketplace in Kaupang.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hacksilver
释义	hacksilvern. Brit. /ˈhaksɪlvə/, U.S. /ˈhækˌsɪlvər/ Forms: α. 1800s– hacksilver. β. 1800s– hacksilber. Also with capital initial (chiefly in β. forms). Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Hacksilber. Etymology: < German Hacksilber (W. Grempler 1888, in a lecture reported in Correspondenz-Blatt der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Anthropologie 20 (1889) 155) < hack- hack- comb. form + Silber silver n. The α. forms show remodelling of the second element after silver n. The forms with capital initial reflect the usual spelling of nouns in German. Archaeology. Silver in the form of cut or hacked fragments of plate, jewellery, or other items, treated as bullion or used as currency.Hacksilver is frequently found in Viking hoards. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > uncoined metal as medium of exchange > silver sycee1711 wedge1725 hacksilver1896 1896 W. E. Hoyle in Museums Assoc.: Rep. Proc. 7th Ann. Gen. Meeting 136 Bars, jewellery, or foreign coins were hacked up (hence the name Hacksilver) and broken into fragments. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iii. i. 157 Pots, fats, coins, hacksilver. 1980 K. Randsborg Viking Age in Denmark 137 In the tenth century and early eleventh century the finds are plentiful. They..usually contain both coins and hack-silver. 1988 Dragon Mag. Jan. 62/1 Drinking horns and bowls and kettles.., all full of coins and spirals of hack-silver. 2014 S. H. Gullbekk in R. Naismith et al. Early Medieval Monetary Hist. xiv. 339 Hack-silver was used all over Norway, not only at the marketplace in Kaupang. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1896
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