crockard
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See also: Crockard
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin.[1] Possibilities include:
- that it is from croc (“hook”), from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr (“hook”)) + -ard.[2]
- that it is related to croquier (“break in pieces”).[3]
- that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok (“a crock, a potsherd”).
Noun[edit]
crockard (plural crockards)
- (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary
- ^ “crockard”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Middle English Dictionary