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trimes

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
trimes, trimis, es; trimessa, an; m. : trimesf[s], e; trimes[s]e, an; f. : þrimes;
Wright's OE grammar
§283;
gender uncertain.
as a weight,
a drachm
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  • Genime ánes trymeses gewǽge. Lchdm. i. 74, 21.
  • Anre tremese (trymese,

      MS. H. ) gewihte, 110, 9.
  • Ánre tremesse wǽge,

      72, 11.
  • Genim áne (anne,

      MS. O. ) trymesan gewǽge, 78, 13.
  • Nime áne trymessan fulle,

      76, 6.
  • Twégra trymesa,

      78, 24.
  • Twéga trymessa,

      70, 15 : 72, 26. . iiii. trymesan, 76, 22 : 78, 8.
  • Feówer trymessan, 76, 10, 16.

    De ponderibus incipit. Solidos tres

    trymisas,
      Txts. 113, 80.
as a coin,
not in England
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  • Trymes

    staterem,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 27.
  • Lidrine trimsas (trymsas)

    asses scorteas (corteas),

      Txts. 38, 31.
  • Liþerene trymsas

    asses corteas,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 18.
in England, a coin of the value of three pence.
The gen. pl. , þrimsa, aymsa, occurs several times in the section headed Norðleóda laga. Th. i. pp,
    186, 188.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. drimisa (-issa), trimisa dragma. From Latin tremissis, tremisia.]
Linked entries
v.  tremes trymes trymsas þrimsa þrymsa.
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  • trimes, n.