Old English · adjective
seofonteoþa
Normalised seofontēoþa
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈse͜o.fonˌte͜oː.θɑ/[ˈse͜o.vonˌte͜oː.ðɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈse͜o · fon · ˌte͜oː · θɑ (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- seventeenth
seofonteoþa1 · adjective
Senses
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seventeenth
Ðā wæs ymb hundtēontiġ wintra 7 nigan 7 hundeahtatiġ wintra frām Drihtnes mennisċnysse, þæt Seuerus casere, sē was Æffrica cynnes, of þǣre byriġ ðe Lepti hātte,-sē was seofonteoġeða frām Agusto—þat hē rīċe onfeng, ⁊ þæt hæfde seofontȳne ġēar.
It was about one hundred eighty-nine years after the Lord's incarnation that Emperor Severus, who was African, from the city known as Leptis—the seventeenth [emperor] from Augustus—took the throne, and held it for seventeen years.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | seofontēoþa | seofontēoþe | seofontēoþe |
| Accusative | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþe |
| Genitive | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan |
| Dative | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan |
| Instrumental | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan |
| Accusative | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan | seofontēoþan |
| Genitive | seofontēoþraseofontēoþena | seofontēoþraseofontēoþena | seofontēoþraseofontēoþena |
| Dative | seofontēoþum | seofontēoþum | seofontēoþum |
| Instrumental | seofontēoþum | seofontēoþum | seofontēoþum |
seofonteoþa2 · numeral
Senses
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seventeenth
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sebundô tehundô.
Descendants
seventeenth
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