Scherflein.
widow's mite, i.e. a small donation or contribution, esp. of monetary kind.
Meaning & usage
widow's mite, i.e. a small donation or contribution, esp. of monetary kind.
Where this word comes from
Diminutive of Scherf, from Middle High German scherf, scherpf (“a coin of small value, esp. a halfpenny”), from Old High German scerf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną (“to scratch”). Related to modern Scherbe (“shard”) and Middle High German scharben (“to notch, to nick”) (from Old High German scarbōn, cognate with Old English sceorfan (“to gnaw, to bite”)), because the coins were originally notched so they could be broken up for payment when needed. Introduced by Luther as a translation for the Ancient Greek λεπτόν (leptón, “small coin”) in Mark 12:42.
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