eldertongue

Old English · numeral

tien

Part of speech
numeral
IPA
/ti͜yːn/
Syllables
ti͜yːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
ten

Meaning

  1. ten

    Đās cāseres rīċes ðȳ tēoðan ġēare Gregorius sē hālga wer, sē was on lāre ⁊ on dǣde sē hēhsta, feng tō bisċophāde þǣre Rōmanisċan ċyriċan ⁊ þǣs apostolīċan seðles: ⁊ þæt heold ⁊ reahte þrēottēno ġēr ⁊ syx mōnað ⁊ tȳn dagas.

    In the tenth year of this emperor's reign, the holy man Gregorius, who was the greatest in learning and in deeds, rose to the bishophood of the Roman church and the apostolic see; and he held and directed that office for thirteen years, six months, and ten days.

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

Inflection

Inflection of tien
Form
Nominative masculine tīene
Nominative feminine tīenetīenu
Accusative feminine tīenetīenu
Genitive tīena
Dative tīenum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. The vocalism (for expected *tēon, as in tēoþa) has presumably been levelled in from inflected forms that were subject to i-umlaut.

Descendants

ten

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