Trimes(-is)

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - trimes(-is)

According to the Old English Dictionary:

es; trimessa, an;

trimes(-is)
m. : trimesf[s], e; trimes[s]e, an; f. : þrimes; gender uncertain. I. as a weight, a drachm :-- Genime ánes trymeses gewǽge. Lchdm. i. 74, 21. Anre tremese (trymese, MS. H. ) gewihte, 110, 9. Ánre tremesse wǽge, 72, 11. Genim áne (anne, MS. O. ) trymesan gewǽge, 78, 13. Nime áne trymessan fulle, 76, 6. Twégra trymesa, 78, 24. Twéga trymessa, 70, 15 : 72, 26. . iiii. trymesan, 76, 22 : 78, 8. Feówer trymessan, 76, 10, 16. De ponderibus incipit. Solidos tres trymisas, Txts. 113, 80. II. as a coin, (a) not in England :-- Trymes staterem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 27. Lidrine trimsas (trymsas) asses scorteas (corteas), Txts. 38, 31. Liþerene trymsas asses corteas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 18. (b) in England, a coin of the value of three pence. The gen. pl. , þrimsa, aymsa, occurs several times in the section headed Norðleóda laga. Th. i. pp, 186, 188. [O. H. Ger. drimisa (-issa), trimisa dragma. From Latin tremissis, tremisia.] trimes-is
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