stycan.

/ˈstʌɪkə/

Forms: Also 1700s stica, sticca, 1800s stika, styka.

Etymology: Assumed singular from Old Northumbrian stycas, dialect plural of Old English stycce strong neuter (West Saxon plural styccu ) piece (of money): see stitch n.²The sense ‘piece of money’ occurs only in the following passage, where it is applied to the ‘widow's mite’. The Old English word was certainly never the distinctive name of a coin.c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xii. 42 An widua ðorfend sende tuoge stycas  is feorðung penniges.

Numismatics.

The name given in modern times to a small copper coin current in Northumbria in the seventh, eighth, and ninth centuries. The extant specimens weigh about 17 grains.

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1705 Fountaine in Hickes Thesaurus II. Diss. 164 Quod Styc vel Styca ab antiquis Anglis vocabatur.

1745 S. M. Leake Hist. Acct. Eng. Money (ed. 2) 14 They [Saxons] had Copper Stycas also, smaller than the Penny, having the King's Name on one Side [etc.].

1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Rippon A considerable number of Saxon coins were found here, anno 1695; particularly the brass ones, called sticcas, 8 whereof made a penny.

1753 Scots Mag. Apr. 200/2 Two small silver Saxon coins of a sort called Sticaes.

1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 284 Mr. Thoresby says in relation to the Sticas, namely, that the three in his collection were all that were known at Oxford.

1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. App. o. 429 The styca was the one-fourth of a penny.

1845 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. xiii. 123 Mr. Donaldson Selby exhibited two Saxon Styca.

1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. iii. 521 By far the greater number are stykas of Eadgar.

1915 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 48 201 The small disc referred to above..is not a styca—for that it is too thick; possibly it has been a Roman minim.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	styca
释义	stycan. /ˈstʌɪkə/ Forms: Also 1700s stica, sticca, 1800s stika, styka. Etymology: Assumed singular from Old Northumbrian stycas, dialect plural of Old English stycce strong neuter (West Saxon plural styccu ) piece (of money): see stitch n.²The sense ‘piece of money’ occurs only in the following passage, where it is applied to the ‘widow's mite’. The Old English word was certainly never the distinctive name of a coin.c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xii. 42 An widua ðorfend sende tuoge stycas  is feorðung penniges. Numismatics. The name given in modern times to a small copper coin current in Northumbria in the seventh, eighth, and ninth centuries. The extant specimens weigh about 17 grains. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > small coins collectively > a small coin orkyn1542 liarda1549 solda1549 scute1594 orkey1648 sock1688 styca1705 dump1821 scuddick1823 bit1829 posh1830 rag1866 tosser1935 1705 Fountaine in Hickes Thesaurus II. Diss. 164 Quod Styc vel Styca ab antiquis Anglis vocabatur. 1745 S. M. Leake Hist. Acct. Eng. Money (ed. 2) 14 They [Saxons] had Copper Stycas also, smaller than the Penny, having the King's Name on one Side [etc.]. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Rippon A considerable number of Saxon coins were found here, anno 1695; particularly the brass ones, called sticcas, 8 whereof made a penny. 1753 Scots Mag. Apr. 200/2 Two small silver Saxon coins of a sort called Sticaes. 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 284 Mr. Thoresby says in relation to the Sticas, namely, that the three in his collection were all that were known at Oxford. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. App. o. 429 The styca was the one-fourth of a penny. 1845 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. xiii. 123 Mr. Donaldson Selby exhibited two Saxon Styca. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. iii. 521 By far the greater number are stykas of Eadgar. 1915 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 48 201 The small disc referred to above..is not a styca—for that it is too thick; possibly it has been a Roman minim. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1705
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