fif and sixtig

Old English

Old English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: fīf and sixtiġ
    Ordinal: fīf and sixtigoþa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiːf ɑnd ˈsiks.tij/

Numeral

fīf and sixtiġ

  1. sixty-five
    • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
      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.
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