Middle English Dictionary Entry
stīfer n.
Entry Info
Forms | stīfer n. |
Etymology | MDu. stuver, stuyver. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. plakke n.
1.
A small Flemish silver coin current in the 15th century.
Associated quotations
- c1470(?1458) Wey Money (Bod 565)1 : In Braban plackys beth clepyd styfers; A plack ys worth ij grotys of flemyshe callyd peneys.