crockard
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English crocard derived from crocard derived from Old French crokard derived from Middle English crok (a potsherd, a crock).
Origin
Middle English
crok
Gloss
a potsherd, a crock
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- krok Norwegian Bokmål
- *krōkaz Proto-Germanic
- krok Norwegian Nynorsk
- crocard Middle English
- crok Middle English
- croke Middle English
- crouchen Middle English
- krókr Old Norse
- crochet Old French
- crokard Old French
- krókur Icelandic
- krókur Faroese
- cro Norman
- kroker Old Swedish
- krōker, kroker Old Swedish
- *krōk Frankish
- crocard xno
- krok Old Danish