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sceat

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ʃæt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æt
  • homophone: shat
  • homophone: Shat

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noun

Meaning 1

A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver; sometimes regarded as a weight (and thus a comparative measure of a coin's value).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics

Examples

  • 1840, Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, Volume 2, Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom, unnumbered page, In the Anglo-Saxon laws there is no passage from which the value of the ‘sceat’ can be ascertained with certainty, though from some places in the laws of Ethelbirht it would appear, that, in Kent at least, 20 sceats were equal to 1 scilling.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English sceatt.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: sceat — small Anglo-Saxon coin
  • German: Sceatta — small Anglo-Saxon coin