sceat

American

[shat] / ʃæt /

Also sceatta

noun

a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.

Etymology

Origin of sceat

Learned borrowing (18th century) of Old English sceat, scætt; cognate with Old Saxon skat, Old High German scaz ( German Schatz ) treasure, tribute. See scat ⁵

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The word sceatta is by some derived from sceat, a part or portion.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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