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substantival.
alone,
as a neuter singular with adj. inflection (?)
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  • Wæs álesen fíftig cista,

    • Exod. 229.

  • Þá mǽstan beóð fíftiges elna lange,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 18, 6
      • :
    • Gen. 1307
      • :
    • B. 3042
      • .

  • Sé bið on fíftegum (or pl.?) mancessa,

    • Past. 9, 1.
distributive:
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  • Hig sǽton hundredum and fíftegum (ðerh fíftigum, L. R. per quinquagenos),

    • Mk. 6, 40
      • .
as plural
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  • Gif on þǽre byrig beóð fíftig rihtwísra manna

    si fuerint quinquaginta justi in civitate,

    • Gen. 18, 24
      • .

  • Þás fíftig daga sind ealle gehálgode,

    • Hml, Th. i. 312, 22
      • .

  • Fíftiga ealdor

    quinquagenarius,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 14
      • .

  • Under fíftiga (fíftigan, v. l.) cyninga ríce

    per quinquaginta reges,

    • Ors. 1, 10
      • ;
    • S. 42, 4
      • .

  • Fýr forbærnde þá fíftig manna,

    • Hml. S. 18, 250
      • .
uncertain
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  • Þæs ymbe fíftig daga

    (but cf. l. 22 v. supra),
    • Hml. Th. i. 312, 10
      • :
    • Bl. H. 133, 14
      • .

  • Án sceolde fíf hund penega and óðer fíftig (fífteih, L.),

    • Lk. 7, 41
      • .

  • Wrít fíftig (fíftih, L.),

    • 16, 6.
with other numerals, and the number treated
as singular
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  • Þǽra wæs hundteóntig and ðreó and fíftig,

    • Jn. 21, 11
      • .
as plural
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  • Wǽron gesomnode hundteóntig and fíftig bisceopa,

    • Bd. 4, 17
      • ;
    • Sch. 433, 14
      • .

  • Hé wífa ánes wana ealra fíftig forhte gefreoðode,

    • An. 1042
      • .
uncertain
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  • Hundteóntiges fótmǽla and fíftiges lange,

    • Nar. 36, 12
      • .
a set of fifty psalms
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  • Ꝥ ǽlc gegilda gesinge án fíftig oþþe begite gesungen,

      Ll. Th. i. 236, 37: 222, 19.

  • Ǽghwilc Godes þiów gesinge twá fíftig fore his sáwle,

    • Cht. Th. 461, 27
      • .
adjectival.
alone
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  • Fíftig mancus goldes,

    • Ll. Th. i. 414, 19
      • .

  • Árian þǽre stówe for þám fíftigum rihtwísum,

    • Gen. 18, 24
      • .

  • Fíftigum cempum

    L. militibus,

    • Rtl. 193, 17
      • :
    • Sal. 70
      • .
with other numerals
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  • Twá and fíftig wucan,

    • Lch. iii. 246, 11.

  • Mid fíftigum sciłł. and hundteóntegum,

    • Ll. Th. i. 70, 19
      • .
as ordinal:
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  • Wé sceolon þone fíftigan sealm syngan, oððe þone .xxiiii.,

    • Ll. Th. i. 426, 25.
helping to form ordinals
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  • Sé wæs feórða eác fíftigum fram Agusto

    ab Augusto quinquagesimus quartus,

    • Bd. 1, 23
      • ;
    • Sch. 47, 31
      • .
uncertain constructions
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  • Wealh gafolgelda .cxx. sciłł . . . ðeówne .lx.; somhwelcne fíftegum; weales hýd twelfum,

    • Ll. i. 118, 4
      • .

  • Fíftig monna látwu

    quinquagenarius,

    • Rtl. 193, 17
      • .

  • Fíftig fæðma wíd,

    • Scrd. 21, 4
      • .
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fíftig.” 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/44940.

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