e/Pennyland

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has glosseng: A pennyland is an old Scottish land measurement. It was found in the West Highlands, and also Galloway, and believed to be of Norse origin. It is frequently found in minor placenames.
lexicalizationeng: pennyland
instance ofc/Scottish weights and measures
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Gaelic
has glossgla: Is docha tha thu lorg sgillinn Tha peighinn na shean thomhais-talmhainn ann an Alba an iar. Uaireannan, bha e co-ionnan ri dabhach, ach mar b’àbhaist, a crochadh air an fearann fhèin agus dè cho math a bha e. Se tomhais Lochlannach a bha ann, a thug ainm bho “peighinn” (sgillinn).
lexicalizationgla: peighinn

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