IIIIth

English

Alternative forms

• IVth

Etymology

From Middle English IIIIth; IIII (Roman numeral representing four) +‎ -th.

Adjective

IIIIth (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of fourth.
   • 1513, Rolls of Parliament, to Supply the Deficiencies in the Journals of the House of Lords, published 1860, page ii, vii:

     One of the Daughters of King Edward the IIIIth, […] iiiith Part of the Moiety of the Chaſe of Clerys, […]

   • 1531, William Henry Hulme, The Middle-English Harrowing of hell and Gospel of Nicodemus, published 1907, page 161:

     Thys yere, þe IIII^th or V^th of Novembre, was a gret wynde þat blew down many howsis in þe contrey / & tylis, & thecche, & trees.

   • 1573, Mark Aloysius Tierney, The History and Antiquities of the Castle and Town of Arundel; Including the Biography of Its Earls, from the Conquest to the Present Time, published 1834, page 737:

     Thus, having nothing els of moment to advertise, I end w^th wishing unto yo^r L. aswel as I wold unto my self. Ffrom Chattesworth, this iiiith of Octobre, 1573.

   • 1784, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, with Notes and Other Illustrations, page 171:

     […] afore the seid iiiith day of Marche […]

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Middle English

Etymology

From IIII (Roman numeral representing four) and ferthe.

Adjective

IIII^th

1. Abbreviation of ferthe.
   • 15th century, from Robert Cotton’s manuscript Faustina D. iv., “Appendix VII.”, in Brewer, John Sherren, editor, Rerum Britannicarum Medii Ævi Scriptores, or Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages: Monumenta Franciscana, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, published 1858, page 569:

     The IIII^th is, that when we procure eny suche payment ther be no almes, the whiche be indifferent.

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Descendants

• English: IIIIth

See also

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