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seskyn (1415)

seskyn (1415)

suskyn  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  seskyn n.  MED:  seskin n.  DMLBS:
ls(loanword: M.E. Dutch )
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curr. seskin, Dutch coin worth six mites
( 1415 )  [...] et qe les ditz galyhalpens et le money appellé [seskyn, et dodekyn, et toute manere monoie d'Escoce d'argent, soient de tout oustez, et ne courgent enaprés, pur nulle paiement] deins le dit roialme  Rot Parl1 iv 69
( 1415 )  [...] qe toutz yceaux qe aient galyhalpens, seskyns ou doydekyns les apportent a les eschaunges nostre dit seignur le roy  Stats ii 191
( 1423 )   encontre toutz ceux qi paiount, ou resceivount pur paiement, le dit moneye appelle galihalpenys, suskyns et dodkyns, deinz le roialme d'Engleterre suisdit  Rot Parl1 iv 255.48

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See also:

sis1 
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seskyn