Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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†SUSSLIN, n. “A small Danish coin once current in Sh.” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.), the sixpenny piece current in North Germany and Holstein in the 16th–19th cs.
[L.Ger. sessling, sösling, id., from Ger. sechs, six.]
