scilling

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. shilling (historical coin; modern currency)

Declension

Declension of scilling

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative scilling scillingí Vocative a scilling a scillingí Genitive scillinge scillingí Dative scilling scillingí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an scilling na scillingí Genitive na scillinge na scillingí Dative leis an scilling don scilling leis na scillingí

• Alternative plural: scilleacha (Cois Fharraige)

Further reading

• 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^[1], Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75-82
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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

Old English

Alternative forms

• sċylling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skillingaz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃil.linɡ/, [ˈʃiɫ.ɫiŋɡ]

Noun

sċilling m

1. (money) a shilling

Usage notes

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.

Declension

Declension of scilling (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċilling	sċillingas
accusative	sċilling	sċillingas
genitive	sċillinges	sċillinga
dative	sċillinge	sċillingum

References

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