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scilling

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish scilling, scillic,[1] borrowed from Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scilling f (genitive scillinge, plural scillingí, plural after numbers scillinge)

  1. shilling (historical coin; modern currency)

Declension

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Declension of scilling (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative scilling scillingí
vocative a scilling a scillingí
genitive scillinge scillingí
dative scilling scillingí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an scilling na scillingí
genitive na scillinge na scillingí
dative leis an scilling
don scilling
leis na scillingí

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scilling, scillic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Greene, D. (1976) “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist and David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dublin 15–21 August 1973, Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75–82
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83

Further reading

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *skillingaz

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃil.linɡ/, [ˈʃiɫ.ɫiŋɡ]

Noun

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sċilling m

  1. (money) a shilling

Usage notes

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The shilling was equivalent to five pennies in the kingdom of Wessex and four in the kingdom of Mercia. The Normans later introduced the standard of twelve pennies per shilling.

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

References

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