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endleofan

  • noun
  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
endleofan, endlufon, endlyfun, inflected cases of endleof, endluf, endlyf [end = an one; unus; leof=lif, from lífan to leave; relinquĕre, Grm. ii. 947, or end = án one; lif ten; dĕcem; existing in Teutonic languages only in the words for 11 and 12; A. Sax. end-lif and twé-lf = twá-lf= twá-lif, Grm. Gsch. §246] ELEVEN ; undĕcim = ἕνδεκα
Wright's OE grammar
§447;
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  • Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra

    Osred held the kingdom for eleven years,

    • Bd. 5,
    • 18;
    • S. 635,
    • 20.
  • Mid híra endlufon sunum

    cum undecim filiis,

    • Gen. 32,
    • 22.
  • Endleofan steorran

    eleven stars,

    • Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71
    • ;
    • Th. 13, 3, col. 3
    • .
Etymology
[
Wyc.enleuene , enleuen , enleue:
R. Glouc. endleve :
Laym. elleoue, elleouen:
Plat. elv, elwen:
O. Sax. ellevan;
Frs. alve, alue:
O. Frs. andlova, elleva:
Dat. elf:
Ger. eilf, elf:
M. H. Ger. einlif, einlef:
O. H. Ger. einlif:
Goth. ainlif:
Dan. elleve:
Swed. elfva:
Icel. ellifu
.]
Similar entries
v. twelf.
Linked entries
v.  ændlefen ellefne.
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  • endleofan, n.; num.; adj.