peny

== English == === Noun === peny (plural penies or pence or pens) Obsolete form of penny. == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French peigne. === Noun === peny comb ==== Related terms ==== === References === Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 147 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === peni pene, peney, penny, peyne (Late Middle English) pani, pany (especially East Saxon or West Midland); peninnꟑ (Ormulum) === Etymology === From Old English peniġ, a form of penning, from Proto-West Germanic *panning, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz. The plural pens possibly originates in collocations such as six penies which were pronounced as a unit with stress (largely) on the first element (/ˈsikspɛni(ː)s/, /ˈsikspɛni(ː)z/), making the unstressed final vowel especially vulnerable to syncope due to its distance from the stress. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛniː/ IPA(key): /ˈpaniː/ (especially East Saxon or West Midland) === Noun === peny (plural penies or pens or (early Southern and Southwest Midlands) panewes) A penny or other silver coin (including ancient coins) The weight corresponding to that coin. Money or coinage (especially that with little value). (in compounds) A tax, fee, or charge. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: penny (see there for further descendants) Middle Scots: penny Scots: penny === References === “penī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 February 2018.