Middle English Dictionary Entry
Castelion n.
Entry Info
Forms | Castelion n. |
Etymology | Cp. Span. castellano. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A Spanish coin, a Castilian.
Associated quotations
- c1500 Money Coins MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)419 : The Castelion, with a lyon on the on syde and ij Castelles and ij lyons on the odir side, weyng iij d. weight, v s. x d.
- c1500 Money Coins MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)420 : A Castelyon of Spayne, on the on syd ij faces crowned with the scripture and on the odir syd a shild crowned, and ther in ij castelles and ij lyons with the scriture abowt, weyng iij d. weight, v s. ix d.