eiȝtthe
Middle English
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Cardinal: eighte Ordinal: eiȝtthe |
Alternative forms
edit- (Early Middle English) eahtuðe, ehtuðe, egteðe
- eyghte, aght, eiȝteþe, eyteth, eghte, aiȝtede, eighthe, eghþe, eytþe, eȝte, eytiþ, eiȝtþe
Etymology
editFrom Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eighte + -the (ordinal suffix).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editeiȝtthe
- eighth
- a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Psalms 108:1-3”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
- The title of the hundrid and eiȝtthe ſalm. To victorye, the ſalm of Dauid. / God, holde thou not ſtille my preiſyng; for the mouth of the ſynner, and the mouth of the gileful man is openyd on me. / Thei ſpaken ayens me with a gileful tunge, and thei cumpassiden me with wordis of hatrede; and fouȝten ayens me with out cauſe.
- The title of the one hundred and eighth psalm: "To Victory; the Psalm of David". / God; don't hold still my praising, as the mouths of the sinners and the mouths of the guilty have opened against me. / They spoke against me with a guilty tongue, they acted against me with words of hatred, and they fought against me without justification.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “eightethe, ord. num..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-14.
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- enm:Eight