| 单词 | pound of sterlings |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspound of sterlings a. The English silver penny of the Norman and subsequent dynasties. Often in pound of sterlings, originally a pound weight of silver pennies, afterwards a name for the English pound (240 pence) as a money of account. Also in mark, shilling, etc. of sterlings. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > penny pennylOE sterling1297 win1567 penny piece1797 dubbeltjie1822 cross-penny1837 saltee1859 trident1898 bun-penny1958 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5949 He ȝef hem atten ende Four þousend pound of sterlynges. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 11840 Þe king..eche ȝer him sende A certein summe of sterlings to is liues ende. c1300 Fleta (1647) ii. xii. 72 Per denar' Angliæ qui sterling' appellatur, et fit rotundus, qui debet ponderare triginta duo grana frumenti mediocria. a1330 Syr Degarre 297 The ten pound of starlings Were i-spended in his fostrings. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 342 As in lussheborwes is a lyther alay and ȝet loketh he lyke a sterlynge. c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 579 Myn hooly pardon may yow alle warice So þat ye offre nobles, or sterlynges, Or elles siluer broches [etc.]. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 167 Þ e kyng..ȝaf hym an hondred schillynges of sterlynges. 1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 32 I bequethe to Ionet my wyfe..xl. li of Sterlinges. 1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 256/2 Silver..beyng as gode of alay as the sterlyng. a1500 Brome Bk. (1886) 149 xx s. of starlynges. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 42 Paide in starlings, which were pence, so called. 1854 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxvi, in Monthly Packet Jan. 19 Your words smell of English sterlings. 1861 Numism. Chron. I. 56 English and Foreign Sterlings found in Scotland. < as lemmas |
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