seofontíene

seofontíene
num seventeen; ordinal seofontéoða

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • seofontíne — see seofontíene …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • seventeen — sev|en|teen [ˌsevənˈti:n] number [: Old English; Origin: seofontiene, from seofon seven + tien ten ] the number 17 ▪ a group of seventeen American military officers ▪ I left home when I was seventeen (=17 years old) . >seventeenth adj pron ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • seventeen — cardinal number one more than sixteen, or seven more than ten; 17. (Roman numeral: xvii or XVII.) Derivatives seventeenth adjective &noun Origin OE seofontīene, from the Gmc base of seven …   English new terms dictionary

  • seventeen — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than sixteen, or seven more than ten. 2 a symbol for this (17, xvii, XVII). 3 a size etc. denoted by seventeen. adj. that amount to seventeen. Derivatives: seventeenth adj. & n. Etymology: OE seofontiene …   Useful english dictionary

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