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twelf

  • noun
  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
Wright's OE grammar
§52; §55; §263; §298; §447;
Twelve.
Grammar
twelf, adjectival
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  • Ða twelf ðíne þeówas sind gebróðru,

    • Gen. 42, 13.

  • Wé twelf gebróðru wǽron ánes esnes suna,

    • 32.

  • Twelf (tuoelf altered from tuoelfo, Lind.: twelf, Rush.)tída ðæs dæges,

    • Jn. Skt. 11, 9.

  • Twelf wintra tíd,

    • Beo. Th. 296
      • ;
    • B. 147.

  • Be twelf sealmum,

    • R. Ben. 35, 6.

  • Se tíreádga twelf síþum hine bibaþaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 205, 2
      • ;
    • Ph. 106: 202, 13
      • ;
    • Ph. 69:
    • Cd. Th. 285, 17
      • ;
    • Sat. 339.

  • Mid hys twelf leorningcnihtum (ðǽm twelfum ðegnum,Lind.: ðǽm twælf leorneras, Rush.),

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 20.

  • Ymbe twelf mónaþ

    post annum,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 65
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 224, 32.

  • Tuoel ðegnas hé sendeþ,

    • Mk. Skt. p. 2, 19.
  • In the following instance the word is inflected Án ðæra twelfa Drihtnes ðegena,
    • Homl. Th. ii. 242, 15. I a.
    where the numeral follows the noun

  • Ðá ongan hé sendan hálige weoras and geornfulle twelfe

    holy men and diligent, twelve in number;

    viros sanctos et industrios . . . erant numero duodecim,

    • Bd. 5, 10
      • ;
    • S. 623, 42.

  • Hié getealdon féðan twelfe,

    • Cd. Th. 192, 2
      • ;
    • Exod. 235.

  • Míne suna twelfe,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 30
      • ;
    • Sal. 15.
Grammar
twelf, substantival
absolutely
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    • Apstls. Kmbl. 8
      • ;
    • Ap. 4.

  • Hé twelfa sum áð sealde

    cum undecim comparibus suis sacramentum fecit,

    • Chart. Th. 203, 1.

  • Hé com twelfa sum

    (cum duodecim militibus ),

    • Bd. 3, 1
      • ;
    • S. 523, 31.

  • Gewát xii.-a sum,

    • Beo. Th. 4793
      • ;
    • B. 2401.

  • Lond twelfum hérra fæðmrímes

    per bis sex ulnas eminet ille locus,

    • Exon. Th. 199, 20
      • ;
    • Ph. 28.

  • Wé gefrunon twelfe under tunglum

    we have heard of twelve men beneath the stars,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3
      • ;
    • An. 2.
Grammar
twelf, with qualifying or defining words
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  • Hí twelfe (tuoelfo, Lind.),

    • Lk. Skt. 8, 1.

  • Hig twelfe (ða tuoelfo, Lind.) sǽdon him,

    • 9, 12.

  • Hé dyde ðæt hí twelfe mid him wǽron (ðætte hiá wére twelfo mið him, Lind.),

    • Mk. Skt. 3, 14.

  • Hine áxodon ða twelfe,

    • 4, 10.

  • Ealra twelfa,

    • Beo. Th. 6322
      • ;
    • B. 3171.

  • Eom ic ðara twelfa sum ðe hé gelufade,

    • Exon. Th. 144, 20
      • ;
    • Gú. 681.

  • Hé wæs án ðara twelfa (án of ðǽm twelfum,Lind.),

    • Jn. Skt. 6, 71.

  • Án of eów twelfum (ðǽm twelfum,Lind.),

    • Mk. Skt. 14, 20.

  • Hé ætýwde him twelfum (ðǽm tuoelfum,Lind.),

    • 16, 14.

  • Ðú ús twelfe trymman ongunne,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2837
      • ;
    • An. 1421.

  • Wé geségon eówre standan twelfe getealde,

    • 1765
      • ;
    • An. 885.
    In the following instance the word is not inflected

  • Ðás twelf (tuelfe, Lind.:twælfe, Rush.) se Hǽlynd sende,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 10, 5.
[
Goth. twalif
:
O. Sax. twelif
:
O. Frs. twelef, twilif, tolef
:
O. H. Ger. zwelif
:
Icel. tólf.
.]
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v.  endleofan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “twelf.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31197.

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  • twelf, n.; num.; adj.

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