eldertongue

Old English · numeral

twelf

Part of speech
numeral
IPA
/twelf/
[tweɫf]
Syllables
twelf (1 syllable)
Modern English
twelve

Meaning

  1. twelve

    [Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð. [Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.

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

Inflection

Inflection of twelf
Form
Nominative masculine twelfe
Nominative feminine twelfetwelfu
Accusative feminine twelfetwelfu
Genitive twelfa
Dative twelfum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twalif, a compound of *twa- (compare two) and *-lif.

Descendants

twelve

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