Easterling
Easterling , noun
[Compare Sterling.]
1.
A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.
Merchants of Norway, Denmark,... called... Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us.
2.
A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. — Crabb
3.
(Zoology) The smew.
Easterling , adjective
Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.