Old English · adjective
endlyfta
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈendˌlyf.tɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈend · ˌlyf · tɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- eleventh
endlyfta1 · adjective
Senses
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eleventh
Ðǣre sunnan ġēar is ꝥ hēo beyrne þone miċlan ċircul zōdiacum, ⁊ ġecume under ǣlċ þǣra twelf tācna. Ǣlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tācna. Ān þǣra tācna ys ġehāten ariēs, ꝥ is ramm; ōðer taurus, ꝥ is fearr; ðridda geminī, ꝥ synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, ꝥ is crabba; fīfta lēo; syxta virgō, ꝥ is mǣden; seofoða lībra, þæt is pund oððe wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, ꝥ is þrōwend
A year of the sun is when she passes around the Zodiac circle and moves under each of the twelve signs. Each month runs under one of the signs. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is
c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | endlyfta | endlyfte | endlyfte |
| Accusative | endlyftan | endlyftan | endlyfte |
| Genitive | endlyftan | endlyftan | endlyftan |
| Dative | endlyftan | endlyftan | endlyftan |
| Instrumental | endlyftan | endlyftan | endlyftan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | endlyftan | endlyftan | endlyftan |
| Accusative | endlyftan | endlyftan | endlyftan |
| Genitive | endlyftraendlyftena | endlyftraendlyftena | endlyftraendlyftena |
| Dative | endlyftum | endlyftum | endlyftum |
| Instrumental | endlyftum | endlyftum | endlyftum |
endlyfta2 · numeral
Senses
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eleventh
Þæt ġefeoht Æþelfrið ġefremede þȳ endlyftan ġēare his rīċes...
Aethelfrith fought that battle in the eleventh year of his reign...
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ainaliftô.
Descendants
eleventh
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