solidata
Forms
solidāta f (genitive solidātae); first declension[1] Spellings with sold- and the endings -ada and -ita (soldata, solidada, soldada, solidita) are also found.[2][1]
Etymology
It is a medieval formation from Latin solidus (“solidus, shilling”), the coin.[2][1]
Earliest recorded meaning
Köbler dates its first record to 903, in a charter.[1] The first sense Niermeyer gives is the value of one shilling.[2]
Semantic evolution
From the value of a shilling the word passed to goods worth that much, and to the amount of land that brought in a shilling of rent each year.[2][1] It then named a fief held as a money rent (French fief-rente) and the pay of mercenaries.[2][1]
Du Cange took its basic sense to be the value of one shilling, and quotes a charter of 1069 in which an abbot and his monks agree to give 240 solidatae to Archbishop Rostagnus.[3] In a French text of 1317 cited by Du Cange the word appears as souldées of bread.[3]
Timeline
- 903 – First recorded, in a charter.[1]
- 1069 – A charter records a payment of 240 solidatae to an archbishop.[3]
- 1317 – A French statute for the royal household reckons bread in souldées.[3]
Meanings
Noun
- A shilling's worth, the value of one solidus.[2][3]
- Goods worth one shilling.[2]
- An area of land yielding a yearly rent of one shilling.[2][1]
- A fief consisting of a money rent.[2][1]
- The pay of mercenary soldiers.[2][1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
- ^ a b c d e du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre