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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sehstô.
Pronunciation
Numeral
sixta
- sixth
Adjective
sixta
- sixth
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Syxta wæs Ōswald, Norðanhymbra cyning sē betsta ⁊ sē crīstenesta, sē þissum ilcum ġemǣrum rīċe hæfde. - Sixth was Oswald, the best and most Christian king of the Northumbrians, who ruled over this same territory.
Declension
Declension of sixta — Weak only
Descendants