Old English

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    Cardinal: seofontīene
    Ordinal: seofontēoþa
    Age: seofontīenewintre

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *sebundô tehundô.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈse͜o.fonˌte͜oː.θɑ/, [ˈse͜o.vonˌte͜oː.ðɑ]

Numeral

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seofontēoþa

  1. seventeenth

Adjective

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seofontēoþa

  1. seventeenth
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      Ðā wæs ymb hundtēontiġ wintra 7 nigan 7 hundeahtatiġ wintra frām Drihtnes mennisċnysse, þæt Seuerus casere, sē was Æffrica cynnes, of þǣre byriġ ðe Lepti hātte,-sē was seofonteoġeða frām Agusto—þat hē rīċe onfeng, ⁊ þæt hæfde seofontȳne ġēar.
      It was about one hundred eighty-nine years after the Lord's incarnation that Emperor Severus, who was African, from the city known as Leptis—the seventeenth [emperor] from Augustus—took the throne, and held it for seventeen years.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: seventeenth