þreotiene

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: þrēotīene     Ordinal: þrēottēoþa

Alternative forms

• þrēotēne (Anglian)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þritehun. Cognate with Old Frisian thretīne, Old Saxon thriutein, Old High German drīzehan, Old Norse þrettán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθre͜oːˌti͜yː.ne/

Numeral

þrēotīene

1. thirteen
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     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.

   • Wonders of the East

     Þā wīf syndon ðrēotȳne fōta lange ⁊ heora līċ bið on marmorstānes hwītnysse. ⁊ hī habbað olfenda fēt ⁊ eoferes tēð. For heora unclēnnesse hīe ġefelde wurdon fram ðām mycclan macedoniscȧn Alexandre. Þā hē hī lifiende ġefōn ne mihte þā ācwealde hē hī for ðam hī syndon ǣwisċe on līchoman ⁊ unweorðe.

     Those women are thirteen feet tall and their bodies are the whiteness of marble. And they have the feet of camels and teeth of a boar. For their uncleanliness, they were killed by Alexander the Great of Macedon. He killed them because he could not capture them alive, because they are worthless and foul of body.

Usage notes

• This numeral was sometimes inflected for case, but could also be indeclinable.

Declension

Declension of þrēotīene

	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þrēotīene	þrēotīene, þrēotīenu
accusative
genitive	þrēotīena
dative	þrēotīenum

Descendants

• Middle English: thrittene, thirttene
  • English: thirteen
  • Scots: thirteen, thritteen
  • Yola: dhurteen