fiftene

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: fiftene

Alternative forms

• fiften, fyftene, fyvetene, viftene

Etymology

From Anglian Old English fīftēne (compare West Saxon Old English fīftīene), from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun; equivalent to five +‎ -tene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfifteːn(ə)/, /ˈfiːfteːn(ə)/, /ˈfiːvteːn(ə)/

Numeral

fiftene

1. fifteen
   • c. 1390 [c. 1225], “Furſte dole: ſeruiſe”, in Þe roule of reclous (Ancrene Wisse, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1)‎, Worcestershire, folio 372, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2019 January 10:

     ¶ ffıftene pſalm᷒ ſıggeþ. on þis wyſe. ¶ Þe ffurſte fyue. foꝛ ow self⹎ and foꝛ alle. þat ow good doþ. oþer wilneþ. ¶ Þe oþer ffyue⹎ foꝛ þe pees of holy chırche. ¶ Þe þride fyue⹎ foꝛ alle crıstene ſoules

     Say the fifteen Psalms in this way: the first five for yourselves and for all those who act or wish well towards you, the next five for the peace of Holy Church, and the third five for all Christian souls.

Descendants

• English: fifteen
• Yola: vifteen

References

• “fī̆f-tẹ̄ne, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Numeral

fīftēne

1. alternative form of fīftīene (“fifteen”)