Óra

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - óra

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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óra
m. A species of money introduced by the Danes (cf. Icel. eyrir, the eighth part of a mark) :-- þolie twelf órena mid Denum and .xxx. scill. mid Englum, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 16. Béte man ðæt æt deádum menn mid .vi. healfmarce, and æt cwicon mid .xii. óran, L. Eth. iii. 1 ; Th. i. 292, 11. Ita quod xmnas, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 13: Rush. 19, 16. ora

Related words: (xvi?) ore libram faciant, iv. 9; Th. i. 303, 9. In the Law of the Northumbrian Priests, Th. ii. 290 sqq. , this money is often mentioned. Óro

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