scilling

From Middle Irish scilling, scillic, borrowed from Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz.

• (Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈʃcɪlʲɪɲ/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈʃcɪlʲənʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃcɪl̠ʲən̠ʲ/

scilling f (genitive scillinge, plural scillingí, plural after numbers scillinge)

1. shilling (historical coin; modern currency)

• Alternative plural: scilleacha (Cois Fharraige)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scilling”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Greene, D. (1973) “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist and David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress‎, Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75-82
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scilling, scillic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83

• sċylling

From Proto-Germanic *skillingaz

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃil.linɡ/, [ˈʃiɫ.ɫiŋɡ]

sċilling m

1. (money) a shilling

The shilling was equivalent to five pennies in the kingdom of Wessex and four in the kingdom of Mercia. The Normans later introduced the standard of twelve pennies per shilling.

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scilling”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.