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twéntig

  • noun
  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
twéntig, twégentig; num.
Wright's OE grammar
§447;
Twenty.
used adjectivally, with the inflexions of the plural adjective in gen. and dat., but also with singular gen.
alone
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  • Ðis synd ðara twéntiges hída landgemǽra,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 25.

  • Mid twéntigum (twoegentigum,

      Rush.: tuoentigum, Lind.) þúsendum, Lk. Skt. 14, 31.

  • On twéntigum fótmǽlum,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1657; El. 830.

  • Næs tó ánum dæge, ne tó twám . . . ne tó twéntigum,

      Num. 11, 19.

  • Intó ðýs twéntigum híd?m,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 331, 1.
with other numbers, the inflection may be omitted if the noun does not immediately follow
twébrig
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  • Nánne ðara twá and twéntigra monna,

      Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 256, 2.

  • Ðæt mæsten is gemǽne tó ðám án and twéntigum hídum,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 319, 29.

  • Ymb twéntig . . . and fíf nihtum,

      Menol. Fox 371; Men. 187.
used substantively,
alone
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  • Gif ðǽr beóþ twéntig rihtwísra,

      Gen. 18, 31.

  • Án twéntig is ðara bóca ðe Adeluuold gesealde

    of the books that Athelwold gave there is a score,

      Chart. Th. 244, 21.

  • Wæs ic mid ðé twéntig wintra,

      Gen. 31, 38.

  • Næfde hé má ðonne twéntig sceápa and twéntig swýnas,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 14.

  • Hé hæfde twǽm læs ðe twéntig wintra,

      Blickl. Homl. 215, 34.

  • Twéntig (fífe and twoegentig,

      Rush.: tuéntig, Lind.) furlanga, Jn. Skt. 6, 19.
with other numbers
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  • Hundteóntig geára and seofon and twéntig geára,

      Gen. 23, 1.

  • Seó menigu wæs án hund manna and twéntig,

      Homl. Th. i. 296, 18.

  • Onbíd hér seofon and twéntig nihta,

      Blickl. Homl. 231, 5.
distributively
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  • Týnum and twéntigum on ánum inne ætgædere restan,

      R. Ben. 47, 7.
  • [Goth. twai-tigjus: O. Sax. twéntig: O. Frs. twintege: O. H. Ger. zweinzug: Icel. tuttugu.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “twéntig.” 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/31206.

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  • twéntig, n.; num.; adj.

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