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seofoþa

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Old English

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Old English numbers (edit)
70
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    Cardinal: seofon
    Ordinal: seofoþa
    Age: seofonwintre
    Multiplier: seofonfeald

Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *sebunþō, alternative form of *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈse͜o.fo.θɑ/, [ˈse͜o.vo.θɑ]

Numeral

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seofoþa

  1. seventh

Adjective

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seofoþa

  1. seventh
    • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
      Ǣlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tacna. Ān þǣra tacna ys ġehāten aries, þæt is ramm; oðer taurus, þæt is fearr; ðridda gemini, þæt synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, þæt is crabba; fīfta leo; syxta virgo, þæt is mǣden; seofoða libra, þæt is pund orde wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, þæt is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittarius, þæt is sċytta; teoða ys capricornus, þæt is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquarius, þæt is wæter-ġyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġyt; twelfte is pisces, þæt synd fixas.
      Each month runs under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is "pound" or "scales"; eighth is scorpious, that is "scorpion"; ninth is sagittarius, that is "shooter"; tenth is capricornus, that is "he-goat's horn" or "he-goat"; eleventh is aquarius, that is "pouring water" or "one that pours water"; twelfth is pisces, that is "fishes."

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Descendants

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