Goddisselver (1407-8)
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Goddisselver (1407-8)

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[dat and kj]

  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
Godissilver  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

A direct equivalent can be found in Latin argentum Dei (DMLBS 124a); the term is presumably synonymous with English God's penny n..

s.

1finan.merch.'God's silver', earnest money, deposit towards a purchase or hire in order to confirm an arrangement: 
( 1407-8 )  en godis silver et doné as povres tenauntz .x. d.  8 Henry IV
( 1409-10 )  Item payé pur un batew achaté de Nicolaus Hobbe le quel fut mellys de Strode, pris .xxvj. s. .viij. d. Item en Goddisselver et en bevereche .iij. d. ob.  84
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