pollard (1294)

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pollard (1294)

[ gdw]

[ FEW: 16,644a pollard; Gdf: 6,265b pollard; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  polart; DMF:  pollard; TLF: ; OED:  pollard n.1; MED:  pollard n.; DMLBS: 233b pollardus 1 ]
polard,  pollarde; 
pl. pollars,  pollarz  
M.E. (?)

The OED (Third Edition, 2006) suggests an etymology from English poll n.1: ‘the part of the head on which the hair grows’, on account of the fact that the coin’s device was an uncrowned, bare head.

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1curr.finan.pollard, inferior coin minted on the Continent in imitation of the English silver penny of Edward I, originally the value of a halfpenny but declared illegal in 1299
( 1294 )  ceus qui achaterent pollarz e ballarz encountre le deffens ke roy  38
( 1296-1302 )  pur damage que il ont sustenu en la defaute de la value de .mmm. de pollardz que il avoient resceu a Loundres  78.87
( 1300 )  del houre qe les pollardes et les autres mauveises moneies contrefaites serront abatues  988
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Argent touz jours nuve e nuve, Hors pris pollars e cokedeyns Ke ja ne vendrount en nos meyns  73a
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