eightethe - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

eightethe ord. num.

Forms	eightethe ord. num. Also eightthe, eighth(e, eighte, eght; aghthe, aght.
Etymology	OE eahtoða.

Note: Cp. eighten(d.

Eighth in order;-- (a) with a noun; (b) without a noun; (c) coupled with a higher cardinal.

a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)103 : Þe ehtuðe sunne is ihatan Superbia.
a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)14 : Þe eihtuðe [Corp-C: eahtuðe] dole is al of þe uttre riwle.
c1325 Ipotis (BodPoet c.3)116/541 : Þe eyhte [Ashm 750: eyghte; Brm: viijte; Trin-C: viije] resoun I may ȝow telle.
?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)113 : Þe eiȝt dai so is dotus And þat ful wel þou salt se.
c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4355 : His ost he delde a seuene..Þe eiȝteþe ost to him sulue he adde þer wiþoute.
c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)369 : Þe aiȝteden dai.
(a1382) WBible(1) Prols.Ps.(Dc 369(1))737 : The eiȝtthe age of aȝeen rising.
(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.13 : After Benet, þe eiȝteþe Leo was pope.
a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1809 : Up to the holughnesse of the eighthe spere.
a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4784 : Þe eght day.
a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)145 : Þe eyȝt [Add: aghtten] man was Mathu.
?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)263 : The eghte artycul schewet ȝow so That the mayster may hyt wel do.
c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 7.8 : Circumsiced hym þo eghtod daye.
a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1041 : The aght degre of meke lifyng.
a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)498 : The eghþe artykele.
a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)47/23 : He schall be circumcyset yn þe ȝeght day.

c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)40/28 : Æræst is þæt forme, ȝyfernes..seofoðe yrre; eahtoðe oferhyd.
a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)137 : Þe egteðe is þat ure drihten him bed fulcnen on watere.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)109a/b : Þe seconde signe, þe fifte, þe fourþe, þe eiȝtþe and þeleuenþe.
a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2635 : Now of þe eytþe [commandment] wyl we speke.
c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1011 : Jasper hyȝt þe fyrst gemme..þe aȝtþe þe beryl cler & quyt.
?c1430(c1400) Wycl.RMArticles (Corp-C 296)220 : Þis fewe treuþis..þe eȝte, þat þei love more þe honour of god..þan here owen worldly pride.
(1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)105/12 : Þe aght [chapter], of meditacioun.
a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.12.30 : The firste houre inequal of every Saturday is to Saturne..the seventhe to the mone. And then ageyn the 8 houre is to Saturne.
?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)76/112 : The eyted is contempt of veynglory in vs.
c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)77 : Þe heyt. Crist biddiþ in þe gospel to his vicar, turn þe swerd in to þe scheþ.
a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)84/3 : Þe rule of myne lorde þe apostle Boneface þe eytiþ.

a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.108 : The title of the hundrid and eiȝtthe salm.

In phrases (the) eighte dai of or fro (a church festival): The day one week after (the festival), the octave-day, the utas.

a1400 WBible(1) TL (Add 15580)p.687 : The viij day fro the Assencioun [WB(2) (Arun): Utas on Assencioun].
c1450 WBible(2) TL (Arun 104)p.690 : Viij dai of dedicacioun [vr. Utas of dedicacioun; WB(1): In octauis].

Mus. The interval between two notes eight steps apart on the diatonic scale (counting both ends of the series); an octave.

a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)242/16,23 : For þe quatrebil syghte, þer be 9 acordis of discant: The vnisoun, 3de, 5te, 6te, 8te, 10the..Also þu maist ascende & descende with almaner of cordis excepte 2 a-cordis perfite of one kynde, as 2o vnisouns, 2o 5tis, 2o 8tis.
a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)250/8 : Fifte & eyghte. For a 5te with a 8te, la, ffa, sol, mi, ffa, re, mi, vt is playnsong.
a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)249/19,20 : Thirde & sixte & eghte. For a 3 with a 6 & a 8te þi playngsong shal be mi, re, vt, ffa, mi, re, sol, ffa, mi, la, sol, ffa.

In phrase eightethe part, one of eight equal parts of a whole.