styca

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin styca, from Old English stycas, styċġċe pl, Northumbrian variants of Old English styċċe (“small piece of money; bit; piece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪ.kə/

Noun

styca (plural stycas)

1. (historical) An Anglo-Saxon copper coin of little value, used in Northumbria.
   • 1859, Henry Noel Humphreys, The Coin Collector's Manual, or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins:

     They were contained in a bronze vessel, and were all stycas, consisting of 2000 of Eadred, 2000 of Ethelred […]

Anagrams

• Stacy, Tacys, stacy