Old English · numeral
fif
- Part of speech
- numeral
- IPA
- /fiːf/
- Syllables
- fiːf (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- five
Meaning
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five
Ond on þone ylcan dæġ Crīst ġerēorde fīf þūsenda wera of fīf hlāfum ond of twām fisċum, ēac wīfum ond ċildum, þāra wæs unġerīm, ond þāra hlāfġebroca wæs tō lāfe twelf binna fulle.
And on the same day, Christ fed five thousand men and numerous women and children with five loaves of bread and two fishes, and the remaining fragments of bread filled twelve baskets.
late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
Inflection
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fimf.
Descendants
five
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