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sextertium

sextertium [cf. CL sextarius, sestertius], unit of measure, sester: a (dry); b (liquid). V. et. sextarius. a a1190 octo ~ia salis Danelaw 385; 1242 triginta solidos sterlingorum pro decem ~iis frumenti RGasc I 54b; 1256 reddere ‥ unum ~ium frumenti per annum per antiquam mensuram ChartR 47 m. 14 (cf. CalCh 453: ‥ which sestier may amount to three-quarters of corn by the measure used in modern times).  b s1199 Johannes rex ‥ statuit quod nullum ~ium [v. l. sexternum] vini Pictavis vendatur carius quam pro quatuor denariis R. Howd. IV 99; sumebat cubicularius ejus ‥ singulis noctibus singula ~ia [MS: †extercia; add. in marg.: al. sexterna] vini ‥ in subsidium regie sitis Map NC V 5 f. 63v; 1220 j fraell’ ficuum et racemorum, iij ~ia olei Cl 412a; 1223 quod ~ium vini ‥ vendatur Cl 568b; 1232 capere ‥ de braciatoribus ‥ singulis bracinis cervisie venalis unum ~ium cervisie, quod dici consuevit tolsester Cl 108; 1235 quod nullus vinitarius ‥ vendere presumat ~ium vini carius quam pro duodecim denariis (Cl) RL I 483; 1242 xviij busses de cute ad vina nostra portanda, unde sex fiant de sex ~iis et sex de iiij ~iis et vj de tribus ~iis Liberate 16 m. 9.

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