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sceatta

sceatta is the alternative form of sceat.

Meaning of sceat

Noun

sceat (plural sceats)

  1. (historical) 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).
    • In the Anglo-Saxon laws there is no passage from which the value of the ‘sceat’ can be ascertained with certainty, though from some places in the laws of Ethelbirht it would appear, that, in Kent at least, 20 sceats were equal to 1 scilling.1840, Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, Volume 2, Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom, unnumbered page

Forms of sceatta

pluralsceattas

Questions about sceatta

What is sceatta the alternative form of?
Sceatta is the alternative form of sceat.

Words near sceatta in the dictionary

  1. Scearces
  2. SCEAs
  3. sceat
  4. sceats
  5. sceatt
  6. sceatta
  7. sceattas
  8. sceatts
  9. Sceaux
  10. Sceaux-sur-Huisne
  11. scedastic

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