eldertongue

Old English · numeral

fif and twentig

Part of speech
numeral
IPA
/fiːf ɑnd ˈtweːn.tij/
Syllables
fiːf · ɑnd · ˈtweːn · tij (4 syllables)
Modern English
twenty-five

Meaning

  1. twenty-five

    Fif and twentiġ manna myslīċe ġeuntrume cōmon tō þām hālgan heora hǣle biddende; sum wǣron blinde, sume wǣron healte, sume ēac dēafe, and dumbe ēac sum and hī ealle wurdon ānes dæġes ġehǣlede þurh þæs hālgan þingunge and him hām ġewendon.

    Twenty-five men, afflicted with diverse diseases, came to the saint begging for the health; some were blind, some were lame, some were also deaf, and some were dumb, and they were all healed in one day through the intercession of the saint and went home.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

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