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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fimftô.
Pronunciation
Numeral
fīfta
- fifth
Adjective
fīfta
- fifth
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Fēorða wæs Rǣdwold Ēastengla cyning: fīfta Ēadwine Norðanhymbra cyning, sē hæfde rīċe ofer ealle Breotone buton Contwarum ānum.- Fourth was Rædwald, king of East Anglia; fifth was Eadwine, king of Northumbria, who reigned over all of Britain except Kent alone.
Declension
Declension of fīfta — Weak only
Descendants
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fimftô.
Adjective
fīfta
- fifth
Descendants