twelfe
English edit
Adjective edit
twelfe (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of twelfth.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies:
- [in the table of contents:] Twelfe-Night, or what you will.
- [as the title of a comedy:] Twelfe Night, Or what you will.
Numeral edit
twelfe
- Obsolete form of twelve.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Tis now ſtrooke twelfe, get thee to bed Franciſco,
Middle English edit
Numeral edit
twelfe
- Alternative form of twelve