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
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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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