- þréotíene
- num thirteen; ordinal þréotéoða
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
þréotíene
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thirteen — early 15c., metathesis of O.E. þreotene (Mercian), þreotiene (W.Saxon), from þreo three + tene (see TEEN (Cf. teen)). Cf. O.Fris. thretten, Du. dertien, Ger. dreizehn. Not an unlucky number in medieval England, but associated rather with the… … Etymology dictionary
