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Definition of Sceat
1. Noun. (numismatics) A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sceat
1. a small coin [n SCEATTAS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sceat
Literary usage of Sceat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1886)
"... semblage from the neighbourhood met to accompany his exequies.u THE SAUL-sceat,
or the payment of the clergy on death, became a very general practice. ..."
2. The History of the Anglo-Saxons, Comprising the History of England from the by Sharon Turner (1823)
"__ -^_* monastery at Ramsay to be buried, a numerous assemblage from the
neighbourhood met to accompany his exequies.14 THE saul-sceat, or the payment of ..."
3. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1841)
"The saul-sceat, or the payment of the clergy on death, became a very general
practice. No respectable person died or was buried without a handsome present ..."
4. Diary of the Rev. John Ward, A. M.: Vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, Extending by John Ward, Charles Severn (1839)
"... to the incumbent of the parish. Glebe land, which was laid to the parsonage
house. Peter pence, or Rome's sceat, ..."
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