Definition of Thrimsa

1. a gold coin or it's value [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrimsa

thrilleresque
thrillerlike
thrillers
thrillfest
thrillfests
thrillful
thrillier
thrilling
thrillingly
thrillingness
thrills
thrillseeker
thrillseekers
thrillseeking
thrilly
thrimsa (current term)
thrimsas
thring
thringing
thrip
thripid
thripple
thrips
thripses
thrissel
thrissels
thrist
thristed
thristing
thristle

Literary usage of Thrimsa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as by George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane (1846)
"The value of the thrimsa seems to have been three pennies, or 071 grains of silver; that of tho triens, tin- third of a penny, or 71 grains of silver. ..."

2. The Archaeological Review by Gomme, George Laurence, Sir, 1853-1916 (1889)
"128** 64 8 4 thrimsa**= 120 of .0486 gramme. 384 192 24 12 3 Solidus. ... Equals 60 thrimsa: of 5.832 grammes. No. 4. (Grammes 373.2) Troy pound 80 Euboean ..."

3. The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as by George Lillie Craik, Charles McFarlane (1838)
"The different denominations of money of which mention is found, are, the pound, the mark, the mancus, the ora, the shilling, the thrimsa, ..."

4. Domesday Studies: Being the Papers Read at the Meeting of the Domesday by Patrick Edward Dove (1888)
"... or thrimsa, is the third part (as its name implies) of a shilling of 12 denarii, ie ^d. (see the quotation from the ' Leges ..."

5. Domesday Studies: Being the Papers Read at the Meeting of the Domesday by Patrick Edward Dove (1888)
"... or thrimsa, is the third part (as its name implies) of a shilling of 12 denarii, ie ^d. (see the quotation from the ' Leges ..."

6. Domesday Studies: Being the Papers Read at the Meetings of the Domesday by Patrick Edward Dove (1888)
"... or thrimsa, is the third part (as its name implies) of a shilling of 12 denarii, ie ^d. (see the quotation from the ' Leges ..."

7. The History of Commerce in Europe by Henry de Beltgens Gibbins (1891)
"The different denominations of which mention is found are : the pound, mark, mancus, ora, shilling (greater and smaller), thrimsa, ..."

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