eldertongue

Old English · numeral

twa and fiftig

Part of speech
numeral
IPA
/twɑː ɑnd ˈfiːf.tij/
Syllables
twɑː · ɑnd · ˈfiːf · tij (4 syllables)
Modern English
fifty-two

Meaning

  1. fifty-two

    On ðām ġēare synd ġetēalde twelf mōnðas, twā ⁊ fīftiġ wucena, þreo hund daga ⁊ fif ⁊ syxtiġ daga, ⁊ þǣrtōēacan syx tīda, þā maciað æfre ymbe fēorðe ġēar þone dæġ ⁊ ðā niht þe wē hātað bissextum.

    Assigned to each year are twelve months, fifty-two weeks, three hundred and sixty-five days, and an additional six hours, for which reason there is a day and night about every fourth year that we call intercalary.

    c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year

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