单词 | nonsunt |
释义 | nonsuntn. Numismatics (Scottish in early use). A coin issued during a Second Period Coinage (1558–60) of Mary, Queen of Scots; spec. a twelve-penny groat issued (1558–9) in the names of Mary and of Francis of France. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > other Scottish coins sterling1387 plack1473 sture1493 stick1494 bawbee1542 hardhead1559 nonsunt1559 liona1572 atchison1600 turner1631 turnover1640 bodle1650 forty penny piece1681 rigmariea1682 cross-daggera1690 mark1762 1559 in J. Knox Hist. Reformation in Wks. (1846) I. 403 They spair not planelie to brek doun and convert the guid and stark money..into this thair corruptit skruiff and baggage of Hard-heidis and Non Suntis. 1564 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1883) I. 440 Tressonabill cunȝeing off diuerse fals Testonis, half Testonis, Non suntis, and Lyones callit Hardheidis. 1567 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 43/2 It is thocht neidfull that all nonsunt be proclamit to vj d, babeis to iij d, plakis to ij d, hardheidis to half pennyis. 1584 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 706 Fals and adulterat cunyie of nonsantis. 1901 Catal. Sc. Coins National Mus. Antiq. Edinb. 233 (heading) Twelve-penny groats or nonsunts. 1967 I. H. Stewart Sc. Coinage x. 88 The twelve-penny groats were often called ‘Nonsunts’ in consequence of this inscription. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559 |
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