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FÍF

  • noun
  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
FÍF, generally indecl
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §41; §50; §97; §147; §213; §237; §283; §295; §447;
FIVE; quinque.
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  • Hyra fíf wǽron dysige, and fíf gleáwe

    quinque ex eis ĕrant fătuæ, et quinque prūdentes,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 2: Lev. 26, 8.

  • Cómon ða fíf cynegas

    ascendērunt quinque rēges,

    • Jos. 10, 5, 16.

  • Ðæra fíf hláfa

    quinque pānum.

    • Mt. Bos. 16, 9.

  • Of fíf hláfum

    from five loaves,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1179
      • ;
    • An. 590: Jn. Bos. 6, 13.

  • We nabbaþ hér búton fíf hláfas and twegen fixas

    non hăbēmus hic nĭsi quinque pānes et duos pisces,

    • Mt. Bos. 14, 17: Lk. Bos. 9, 13, 16: Jn. Bos. 6, 9: Gen. 14, 9
      • ;
    • 47, 2.

  • Wintra hæfde fíf and hundteontig

    he had a hundred and five winters,

    • Cd. 56
      • ;
    • Th. 69, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 1131: 59
      • ;
    • Th. 71, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1178: 85
      • ;
    • Th. 106, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 1777.

  • Fíf síðon

    quinquies,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40, 67.

  • Fíf wintra fæc

    lustrum quinquennium,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 16
      • ;
    • Som. 58, 70
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 21, 57.
Grammar
FÍF, but nom. acc. pl. fífe; gen. fífa; dat. fífum are sometimes found
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  • Fífe ciningas lágon

    five kings lay [dead ],

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Th. 204, 1, col. 2
      • ;
    • 205, 1
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 28.

  • Burga fífe wǽron under Norþmannum

    five towns were under the Northmen,

    • Chr. 942
      • ;
    • Th. 208, 39
      • ;
    • Edm. 5.

  • Git sceolon fífe geár

    adhuc quinque anni restant,

    • Gen. 45, 6.

  • Ðǽr fífe [gimmas] wǽron

    there were five [gems ],

    • Rood Kmbl. 16
      • ;
    • Kr. 8.

  • Him togeánes fífe fóron folc-cyningas

    five kings of nations marched against them,

    • Cd. 93
      • ;
    • Th. 119, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 1974.

  • Beóþ fífe on ánum húse todǽlede

    érunt quinque in dŏmo ūna divīsi,

    • Lk. Bos. 12, 52.

  • Wǽron fífe eorla and idesa

    there were five men and women,

    • Exon. 112b
      • ;
    • Th. 432, 1
      • ;
    • Rä. 47, 6.

  • Wintra hæfde twá hundteontig and fífe

    he had two hundred and five winters,

    • Cd. 83
      • ;
    • Th. 104, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 1742.

  • Án ðissa fífa

    one of these five,

    • Bt. 33, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 126, 14.

  • Búton fífum

    except five,

    • Chr. 897
      • ;
    • Erl. 95, 28.
[
Laym. fif, uiuen
:
Plat. five, fiwe
:
O. Sax. fíf, víf
:
Frs. fyf
:
O. Frs. fif
:
Dut. vijf
:
Ger. fünf
:
M. H. Ger. vunf, vünf
:
O. H. Ger. fimf, finf
:
Goth. fimf, fif
:
Dan. Swed. fem
:
Icel. fimm
:
Corn. pemp
:
Lat. quinque
:
Grk. πέντε ; Æolic πέμπε
:
Sansk. panćan
.]
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v.  fífe.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FÍF.” 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/10666.

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  • FÍF, n.; num.; adj.

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