Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

(Hary,) Haré grote, n. [e.m.E. Harry groat (1633). Cf. Hary nobil(l,n.] A groat coined by Henry VI. — 1483 Acta Conc. II. cxvi.
The soume of fiftene pundis of auld hare grotis, … ilk grote for ij s.