Middle English Dictionary Entry
ellē̆ven card. num.
Entry Info
| Forms | ellē̆ven card. num. Also en(d)leve(n, en(d)lufan, endlyfan; elleove(n, elleiven, alleven; eleve(n, eleiven, aleven. |
| Etymology | OE endleofon, -lifan, ællefon, infl. ællefne. As an adj., the numeral is inflected in early ME. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The cardinal numeral eleven: (a) before a common noun, (b) before hundred, thousand, etc., (c) after a noun, (d) without a noun.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)43/5 : Endlufun leaf of bulȝaȝine.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)28325 : Þeines elleouene.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31887 : Þa elleue ȝer weoren on fast aȝeongen.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)471 : Þo Iosep isauȝ his breþren alle elleuene.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)634 : He seyde to his apostles--hi weren elleouene.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1921 : And sunne, & mone, & sterres xi wurðeden him wið frigti luue [note rime].
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)2.204 : Half a ȝer and elleuene wykes.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)3.174 : Þow hast honged on my Nekke Enleue tymes.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.6 : Elleuene foot..My shadwe was at thilke tyme.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18870 : Þe apostels war þan bot elleuen [Frf: elleyuen].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4120 : He broght to the brym barges eleivan.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)646 : Tille he was euyn of eld elleuyn wynter.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)81/3 : Þe lote fell apon Mathy, and was nombyrt wyth þe oþer aleuen apostolis.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)23364 : And of Orkaneie enleuen [Otho: eolleue] hundred.
- c1300 SLeg.11000 Virg.(LdMisc 108)1 : Ondleuene þousend of virgines.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9082 : In þe endleue hondred ȝer & tuenty & nyne.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1171 : Eleuen hundred þousand Jewes.
c
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)22627 : [Þ]e signe of þe dai elleuen.
d
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)36/18 : Þa endlyfæn [curtains] wæron hærene for ðare dædbote.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31930 : Bi tene, bi eolleue, bi twelue, bi twenti.
- c1300 SLeg.11000 Virg.(LdMisc 108)35 : Ȝwane ȝe Endleue [apostles] to-gadere beothþ.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 24.33 : And thei founden enleue [WB(2): the enleuene] gederid to gidere.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4119 : An was eildest o þe elleuen [apostles].
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)1 Cor.15.5 : He [Christ]..is seyn to cephas, and aftyr to enlefne [apostles].
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.3.87 : xi of the clokke before the houre of noon.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)41/28 : Vsure ryȝt gret, as eleuene for twelue.
2.
The abstract number eleven.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)122b/a : Þries enleuene makeþ þre & þritty.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)327a/a : Compositus is compouned of digitus and of articulus, as elleuene, twelue, and þrittene.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)32/4 : Þat same composit..þe quych is a 11.