"hearth-penny" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hearth-pennies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English herthpeny, from Old English heorthpenig; from Old English heorth (“hearth”) + Old English penig (“penny”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|herthpeny}} Middle English herthpeny, {{inh|en|ang|heorthpenig}} Old English heorthpenig, {{inh|en|ang|heorth||hearth}} Old English heorth (“hearth”), {{inh|en|ang|penig||penny}} Old English penig (“penny”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hearth-penny (plural hearth-pennies)
  1. Synonym of Peter's pence Synonyms: Peter's pence [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-hearth-penny-en-noun-8eGSDFUa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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