- sgillinn
- a penny, Irish sgillin, shilling, Middle Irish scilling, scillic, from Anglo-Saxon scilling, Norse skillingr, German schilling.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.
sgillinn
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