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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese esterlin (“sterling”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Middle English sterling.
Pronunciation
Noun
esterlín m (plural esterlíns)
- (numismatics, historical, archaic) sterling (British coinage)
- 1390, M. L. Méndez Fernández (ed.), Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago. Edición crítica e estudio dos folios 1 a 27. Memoria de licenciatura (inédita) presentada na Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 33:
Jtem paga Afonso Garçía et súa moller Jnés Garçía, tres onças et XVJ sterlij̃s et medio de prata et hũu coroado- Item, Afonso García and his wife Inés Garcia pay three ounces and 16 silver sterlings and a half and a crown
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