twelf

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Etymology

Borrowed from English twelve.

Numeral

twelf

  1. twelve

German Low German

Numeral

twelf

  1. (Low Prussian) Alternative form of twalf (twelve)

Middle English

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twelf

  1. Alternative form of twelve

Middle Scots

Etymology

From Early Scots twelf, from Middle English twelve.

Numeral

twelf

  1. twelve

Descendants

  • Scots: twal

Old English

Old English numbers (edit)
120
 ←  11 12 13  → 
    Cardinal: twelf
    Ordinal: twelfta
    Age: twelfwintre
    Multiplier: twelffeald

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twalif, a compound of *twa- (compare two) and *-lif.

Pronunciation

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twelf

  1. twelve
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      [Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.
      is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.

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