Middle English edit

Middle English numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: nyne
    Ordinal: nynthe

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *neundō, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; equivalent to and often remodelled after nyne +‎ -the (ordinal suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːnð(ə)/, /ˈniːnθ(ə)/, /ˈniːnd(ə)/, /ˈniːnt(ə)/, /ˈneː(ə)-/, /ˈnɛi̯-/
  • (non-remodelled) IPA(key): /ˈni.əð(ə)/, /ˈniːð(ə)/

Adjective edit

nynthe

  1. ninth
    • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Psalms 108:1-3”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
      The `title of the hundrid and nynthe ſalm. `The ſalm of Dauith. The Lord ſeide to my Lord; Sitte thou on my riȝt side. Til Y putte thin enemyes; a ſtool of thi feet. / The Lord ſchal ſende out fro Syon the yerde of thi vertu; be thou lord in the myddis of thin enemyes. / The bigynnyng is with thee in the dai of thi vertu, in the briȝtnessis of ſeyntis; Y gendride thee of the wombe before the dai ſterre.
      The title of the one hundred and ninth psalm: "The Psalm of David". The Lord said to my lord: "Sit on my right side, until I place your enemies at your feet as a stool." / "The Lord will send out from Zion the staff of your power; rule as lord in the middle of your enemies." / "The beginning is with you in the day of your might, and in the glory of saints; I engendered you in the womb before the day star."

Descendants edit

  • English: ninth
  • Scots: nint

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Noun edit

nynthe

  1. One of nine equal parts of a whole; a ninth.

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