thrimsathrymsan.

Etymology: representing Old English þrimsa, þrymsa, late altered form of trim(e)sa, trym(e)sa, genitive plural of trimes, trymes, *trims (nominative plural trimsas, trymsas), < Latin trēmis, the third part of an aureus; also a weight, a drachma: compare Old High German ‘drimisa, trimisa = dragma’. (Both in Old English and Old High German assimilated to þrí, drî, three.) The genitive plural is frequent in Old English Laws, etc., after a numeral, and has been erroneously taken by 17th cent. antiquaries, and from them by later writers, for a nominative singular.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthrimsa.

Historical.

An erroneous name for the Old English trimes or trims, a coin (or money of account) representing the Roman trēmis, the value of which varied in Old English times and is uncertain; also, as a weight, a drachma.In early times the Merovingian gold tremis had circulation in England, where a few are said also to have been struck in the early 7th century; but in the 10th cent. the name appears to have been applied to a small silver coin of similar size; perhaps in some districts to the sceatt; see quots.

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c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xvii. 27 Staterem, gl. þæt wæs feor trymes vel viii [Rushw. Gosp. scilling, Ags. Gosp. ænne wecg, Hatton Gosp. ænne penig].

a954 Norð-leoda laga §1 in Schmid Gesetze 396 Norðleoda cynges gild is xxx þusend þrymsa [v.r. þrimsa]. §3 Biscopes and ealdormannes viii þusend þrymsa.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. ii. 204 A Thrymsa was a third part of their shilling; not three shillings as some much mistake.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Thrimsa, an old German Coin, valued at the third part of a Shilling, or Four Pence.1720 J. Johnson Coll. Eccl. Laws Ch. Eng. (Laws Ethelstan ann. 926 No. 2 ) In Mercia the common Man's Weregild is 266 Thrymsa, this is 200 Shillings.1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. App. i. 156 His weregild..was by law 30,000 thrimsas, a species of coin whose value is uncertain.1860 W. F. Hook Lives Archbishops Canterbury (1869) I. v. 243 A bishop was on the same footing as an ealdorman, reckoned at eight thousand thrymsas.1875 W. S. Jevons Money viii. 71 The mark, the ora, and the thrimsa were other moneys of account used by the Anglo-Saxons.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	thrimsa
释义	thrimsathrymsan. Etymology: representing Old English þrimsa, þrymsa, late altered form of trim(e)sa, trym(e)sa, genitive plural of trimes, trymes, trims (nominative plural trimsas, trymsas), < Latin trēmis, the third part of an aureus; also a weight, a drachma: compare Old High German ‘drimisa, trimisa* = dragma’. (Both in Old English and Old High German assimilated to þrí, drî, three.) The genitive plural is frequent in Old English Laws, etc., after a numeral, and has been erroneously taken by 17th cent. antiquaries, and from them by later writers, for a nominative singular.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthrimsa. Historical. An erroneous name for the Old English trimes or trims, a coin (or money of account) representing the Roman trēmis, the value of which varied in Old English times and is uncertain; also, as a weight, a drachma.In early times the Merovingian gold tremis had circulation in England, where a few are said also to have been struck in the early 7th century; but in the 10th cent. the name appears to have been applied to a small silver coin of similar size; perhaps in some districts to the sceatt; see quots. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > English coins of variable value thrimsac950 sceat1720 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xvii. 27 Staterem, gl. þæt wæs feor trymes vel viii [Rushw. Gosp. scilling, Ags. Gosp. ænne wecg, Hatton Gosp. ænne penig]. a954 Norð-leoda laga §1 in Schmid Gesetze 396 Norðleoda cynges gild is xxx þusend þrymsa [v.r. þrimsa]. §3 Biscopes and ealdormannes viii þusend þrymsa. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. ii. 204 A Thrymsa was a third part of their shilling; not three shillings as some much mistake.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Thrimsa, an old German Coin, valued at the third part of a Shilling, or Four Pence.1720 J. Johnson Coll. Eccl. Laws Ch. Eng. (Laws Ethelstan ann. 926 No. 2 ) In Mercia the common Man's Weregild is 266 Thrymsa, this is 200 Shillings.1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. App. i. 156 His weregild..was by law 30,000 thrimsas, a species of coin whose value is uncertain.1860 W. F. Hook Lives Archbishops Canterbury (1869) I. v. 243 A bishop was on the same footing as an ealdorman, reckoned at eight thousand thrymsas.1875 W. S. Jevons Money viii. 71 The mark, the ora, and the thrimsa were other moneys of account used by the Anglo-Saxons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c950
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