furdeithien

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Directly from, or from words cognate with fyder (“four”) + thiine (“ten”).

Numeral

furdeithien

1. forty
   • 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:

     Viginti dicebat stega, triginta treithyen, quadraginta furdeithien, centum sada, hazer mille.

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