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twelf-wintre

  • adjective
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Grammar
twelf-wintre, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§439;
Twelve years old
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  • Úre Hǽlend ðá hé wæs twelfwintre,

      Past. 49; Swt. 385, 20: Lk. Skt. 2, 42.

  • Tuoelfwintro

    duodennis,

    p.
      4, 4.

  • Heó wæs twelfwintre

    erat annorum duodecim,

      Mk. Skt. 5, 42.

  • Se wæs xii-wintre cniht,

      Shrn. 118, 13.

  • Hé hæfde áne dohtor neán twelfwintre

    filia unica erat illi fere annorum duodecim,

      Lk. Skt. 8, 42.

  • Man ne sparige nánan þeófe ofer .xii. pæningas and ofer .xii.-wintre mann

    no thief shall be spared above .xii. pence and above a twelve-year old person,

      L. Ath. v. 1, 1; Th. 228, 13.

  • Mon ne sparige nǽnne þeóf ofer .xii. winter (twelfwinterne,

      MS. B. L.) and ofer eahta peningas, 1, 1; Th. i. 198, 17.

  • Gyf hine hwá áfylle ofer twelfwintre (ofer ðæt hé biþ twelfwintre,

      MS. G.), L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 22.

  • Ǽlc man ofer twelfwintre sylle ðone áð, ðæt hé nelle þeóf beón,

      21; Th. i. 388, 6.

  • Ǽlc man ðe beó ofer twelfwintre,

      Wulfst. 136, 17.
  • Perhaps in the last five passages ofer twelfwintre should be taken as a compound.
Etymology
[Goth. twalib-wintrus.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “twelf-wintre.” 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/31204.

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