schelling
See also: Schelling
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]schelling (plural schellings)
- (now historical) A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- Pallet, provoked at his intrusion, cursed him aloud for an impudent beggarly son of a whore; and taking out a schelling, flung it upon the pavement, with manifest signs of indignation.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *skilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]schelling m (plural schellingen, diminutive schellinkje n)
Descendants
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]schelling m (plural schellings)
- Alternative form of shilling
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