Old English · numeral
fiftiene
Normalised fīftīene
- Part of speech
- numeral
- IPA
- /ˈfiːfˌti͜yː.ne/
- Syllables
- ˈfiːf · ˌti͜yː · ne (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- fifteen
Meaning
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fifteen
On ðām ēalande byþ miċel menigeo sċēapa, ⁊ þanon is tō Babilōnian þǣs lǣssan mīlġetǣles stadia hundtēontiġ ⁊ eahta ⁊ syxtiġ, ⁊ þǣs micclan, þe leuua hātte, fīftȳne ⁊ hundtēontiġ.
On that island there are a great many sheep; and from there to Babylon it is one hundred sixty-eight of the lesser miles called "stadia," and one hundred fifteen of the greater miles called "leagues."
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Inflection
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Cognate with Old Frisian fīftīne, Old Saxon fīftein, Old High German fimfzehan, Old Norse fimmtán, Gothic (fimftaihun).
Descendants
fifteen
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