Middle English Dictionary Entry
solidus n.
Entry Info
| Forms | solidus n. Also solid; pl. solidi, solidos, solidus, (abbrev.) sol. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. shilling n. & for abbrev. s. cp. s n. (e).
1.
(a) An English shilling; also, a gold coin of ancient Rome; (b) a unit of weight.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : He uuan..lx sol. of Aldewingle ælc gær.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.313 : Romayns hadde rynges of þe common tresour: gentil men hade rynges, and oþere hadde solidy [Higd.(2): schilenges; L solidi] þat were hole and sownde.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.301 : Kynge William toke this yere of every hyde of grownde in Ynglonde vj solidos [Trev.: schillynges; L solidos] of silver.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333a/a : Siliqua is þe twentiþe part of solid, and haþ þe name of a fruyte of a tree.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333a/a : Solidus haþ þat name for it semeþ þat him lakkeþ no þing..solidus hatte sextula also, & haþ þat name ffor he weyeþ twies sixe vnces.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)200 : A dragme and an half is a solidus; Exagius and solidus ben al one, but þe name is dyuerse; An vnce is vi solidus and þre dragmes.