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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.
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 duo*-*decim,
      Bd. 5, 10; S. 623, 42.
  • Hié getealdon féðan twelfe,

      Cd. Th. 192, 2; Exod. 235.
  • Míne suna twelfe,

      Salm. Kmbl. 30; Sal. 15.
substantival,
absolutely
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  • Twelfe wǽron dǽdum dómfæste,

      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 duo*-*decim 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.
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..]
Linked entries
v.  endleofan.
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  • twelf, n.; num.; adj.