seofon and fiftig

Meaning

1. fifty-seven

   Swylċe ēac þissum tīdum cōm myċel hungor on Constantinopolim Crēca ealdorburh: ⁊ sōna wōl was æfterfyliġende. Ġe ēac moniġe weallas mid seofon ⁊ fīfteġum tōrran ġehruron ⁊ ġefeollan ⁊ swylċe ēac moniġe ōðre ċeastre tōhrorene wǣron.

   And also at this time there was a great famine in the Greek metropolis of Constantinople; and a plague followed immediately after. Also many walls along with fifty-seven towers fell and collapsed and many other cities fell to ruin.

   late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History