- féowertíene
- num fourteen; ordinal féowertéoða, féowertéogða
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
féowertíene
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fourteen — noun Etymology: Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertīene, from fēowertīene, adjective, from fēower + tīene; akin to Old English tīen ten Date: before 12th century see number table • fourteen adjective • fourteen pronoun, plural in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
féowertýne — see féowertíene … Old to modern English dictionary
fourteen — four|teen [ˌfo:ˈti:n US ˌfo:r ] number [: Old English; Origin: feowertiene, from feower four + tien ten ] the number 14 ▪ He used to work fourteen hours a day. ▪ I started playing the guitar when I was fourteen (=14 years old) . >fourteenth… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fortnight — [13] The ancient Germanic peoples recorded the passing of time in units of ‘nights’ rather than, as we do, in units of ‘days’: hence a period of two weeks was in Old English fēowertīene niht, or ‘fourteen nights’. By early Middle English times… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
fortnight — noun Brit. a period of two weeks. ↘informal (preceded by a specified day) two weeks from that day. Origin OE fēowertīene niht fourteen nights … English new terms dictionary
fourteen — cardinal number equivalent to the product of seven and two; one more than thirteen, or six less than twenty; 14. (Roman numeral: xiv or XIV.) Derivatives fourteenth ordinal number. Origin OE fēowertīene (see four, teen) … English new terms dictionary
fortnight — [13] The ancient Germanic peoples recorded the passing of time in units of ‘nights’ rather than, as we do, in units of ‘days’: hence a period of two weeks was in Old English fēowertīene niht, or ‘fourteen nights’. By early Middle English times… … Word origins
fortnight — n. 1 a period of two weeks. 2 (prec. by a specified day) two weeks after (that day) (Tuesday fortnight). Etymology: OE feowertiene niht fourteen nights … Useful english dictionary
fourteen — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than thirteen, or four more than ten; the product of two units and seven units. 2 a symbol for this (14, xiv, XIV). 3 a size etc. denoted by fourteen. adj. that amount to fourteen. Derivatives: fourteenth adj. & n.… … Useful english dictionary
fort|night — «FRT nyt, niht», noun. two weeks: »A new administration…will take control at Washington in less than a fortnight s time (Saturday Review). ╂[Middle English fourtenight, contraction of Old English fēowertīene niht fourteen nights] … Useful english dictionary
