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Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse͜o.fon ɑnd ˈfiːf.tij/,
Numeral
seofon and fīftiġ
- fifty-seven
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Swylċe ēac þissum tīdum cōm myċel hungor on Constantinopolim Crēca ealdorburh: ⁊ sōna wōl was æfterfyliġende. Ġe ēac moniġe weallas mid seofon ⁊ fīfteġum tōrran ġehruron ⁊ ġefeollan ⁊ swylċe ēac moniġe ōðre ċeastre tōhrorene wǣron.- And also at this time there was a great famine in the Greek metropolis of Constantinople; and a plague followed immediately after. Also many walls along with fifty-seven towers fell and collapsed and many other cities fell to ruin.