Middle English Dictionary Entry
leu n.
Entry Info
| Forms | leu n. |
| Etymology | Flem. & MDu. leeuw(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Only in ~ of flaundres, a Flemish gold piece minted under the authority of the Counts of Flanders.
Associated quotations
- c1500 Money Coins MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)419 : A lew of Flaundris, on the on syd a crosse chekon and on the odir syde a lyon sittyng by twene ij pillours, weyng ij d. weight ob. quad., v s.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1479) Papers Cely in Camd.ser.3.119 : xij hutrysche iiij s. sum, xlviij s., An lewe, vj s. viij d.
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