- Styca
- Styca Sty"ca, n. [LL., fr. AS. stic, styc, stycge.] An anglo-Saxon copper coin of the lowest value, being worth half a farthing. --S. M. Leake. [1913 Webster]
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Styca — Northumbrian word for the *sceatta; the 9c Northumbrian coin was made of silver, zinc and copper. [< OldEngl. stycce = a piece (of money)] … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Styca — ♦ A Saxon copper coin of the ninth century. (Beresford, Maurice and Hurst, John. Wharram Percy: Deserted Medieval Village, 138) … Medieval glossary
styca — sty·ca … English syllables
styca — ˈstīkə noun ( s) Etymology: irregular from Old English (Northumbrian dialect) stycas lepta ( in a translation of the Gospels at Mk 12:42); akin to Old English stycce piece more at stock : a debased copper sceat issued by the kings of Northumbria… … Useful english dictionary
Stezyca — 1 Original name in latin Styca Name in other language State code PL Continent/City Europe/Warsaw longitude 51.58187 latitude 21.77087 altitude 113 Population 1900 Date 2010 09 27 2 Original name in latin Styca Name in other language Stezyca,… … Cities with a population over 1000 database
History of the English penny (c. 600-1066) — After Rome: prelude to the Anglo Saxon coinageAt the end of the fourth century, the Roman provinces of Britain were still part of a vibrant and quite efficient economic and monetary system that stretched over the whole Roman world. Precious metal … Wikipedia
Æthelred II of Northumbria — Æthelred was king of Northumbria. He was the son of Eanred.Relatively little is known of his reign from the surviving documentary record. He appears to have been expelled in favour of Rædwulf, whose reign is confirmed by the evidence of coinage.… … Wikipedia
Eanred of Northumbria — Eanred was king of Northumbria in the early ninth century.Very little is known for certain about Eanred. The only reference made by the Anglo Saxon Chronicle to the Northumbrians in this period is the statement that in 829 Egbert of Wessex: led… … Wikipedia
stica — see styca … Useful english dictionary
styk — styk, styka see steek v.3, styca … Useful english dictionary
