Middle English Dictionary Entry
eighte-tēne card. num.
Entry Info
| Forms | eighte-tēne card. num. Also eightene, a(u)ght-. |
| Etymology | OE eahta-tīene, eahte-tēone. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The cardinal numeral eighteen;-- (a) with a common noun; (b) with hundred, thousand; (c) without a noun.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14252 : Æhtene scipen.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5590 : Eyȝtetene ȝer he was king.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.52.21 : Eiȝtetene [WB(2): eiȝtene] cubitis of heiȝte weren in the o piler.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1803 : Of eyhtetiene wynter age.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)36 : Auhten ȝere Edgar regned kyng & sire.
- c1410 Chaucer CT.Mil.(Hrl 7334)A.3223 : Of eyȝteteene ȝeer sche was of age.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Luke 13.16 : Whom Satanas hath boundun, lo! eiȝtetene ȝeeris.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)541 : Lukafere..Slough Romaynes eyȝtene.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)18014 : Ohtere cnihten ahtene [Otho: ehtetene] þusen.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 370)1 Par.29.7 : And of brasse eyȝtene thousand talentis
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4069 : Bot awghtene hundrethe of all.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1025 : This Bole is ek with sterres set..Upon his brest ek eyhtetiene He hath.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)48 : Þe date of Criste a þousand & mo bi auhtene.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Luke 13.4 : Tho eiȝtetene, on which the toure in Siloa fel doun.
- c1550(?a1475) Otterburn (Cleo C.4)65 : Of fowre and forty thowsand Scottes, Went but eyghtene awaye.
2.
The abstract number eighteen.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)327a/a : Fourtene, eightene, two and twenty.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)328b/b : Sixe and xij makeþ eiȝtene.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)20/16 : Cast 10 to 8, & þat schal be 18.
3.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 370)2 Par.13.1 : The eiȝtene ȝeer of kyng Jeroboam regnede Abia vpon Judam.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Corp-O 4)1.64 : In the psalm forsothe the hundryd and eiȝtetene.