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Old English · adjective

seofoþa

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈse͜o.fo.θɑ/
[ˈse͜o.vo.θɑ]
Syllables
ˈse͜o · fo · θɑ (3 syllables)
Modern English
seventh

seofoþa1 · adjective

Senses

  1. seventh

    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

seofoþa2 · numeral

Senses

  1. seventh

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sebunþō, alternative form of *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô.

Descendants

seventh

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