seofonteoþa
Old English
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Cardinal: seofontīene Ordinal: seofontēoþa Age: seofontīenewintre |
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *sebundô tehundô.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editseofontēoþa
Adjective
editseofontēoþa
- 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.
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
editDeclension of seofontēoþa — Weak only
Descendants
edit- English: seventeenth