Middle English Dictionary Entry
sē̆ventẹ̄n(e num.
Entry Info
| Forms | sē̆ventẹ̄n(e num. Also sevenetene, sevin-, cevin-, (SWM) soven- & (early) seofontīne, (early SWM) seoventene, sceouentene. |
| Etymology | OE seofontīne, seofen-, seofontēne. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Cardinal number as adj.: seventeen; also, as adv.: seventeen times [quot.: ?c1475]; (b) cardinal number as noun: seventeen years, seventeen men; also, the abstract number seventeen; (c) in compound numbers; ~ thousand, thousand and ~; (d) as ordinal number: seventeenth; also, as noun: seventeenth chapter.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)239/5 : Þanne mona sy seofontyne nyhta eald..cume to þan treowe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1070 : Þa luueden heom þeos leoden..seouentene [Otho: souentene] winter.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)264/105 : He liuede in wildernesse ȝeres seuentene.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8895 : A kniȝt..on hir ȝat kniȝtes seuentene.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Josh.19.8 : Aȝens þe souþ cost were citees seuenetene.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9142 : Þis roboam..Regned winters seuentene.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)5420 : Iacob þar liued seuentene ȝere.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)35b/a : Oþer autours..treted fullye of þe anothomie as Galien in seuentene tretys de vtilitate particulari.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)67 : Cevyntene: Septemdecem.
- (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15147 : Item, seventeen quayers wrytten, begynyng Dominica prima Adventus Domini, etc.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)111a : Seventene..deciessepcies.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)2111 : A-boute the Ioyus garde they laye Seuentene wokys And well mare.
- a1500(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Dub 213)29/795* : He þe sadyll hed sewyd seuenten wynter.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)264/107 : Heo leouede twenti ȝer after þe seuentene bi-fore.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4644 : Thee were nede of hennes..Ya, mo than seuene tymes seuentene.
- ?c1400 Sloane SSecr.(Sln 213)17/14 : If seuentene, eghtene, or nyntene, þan longes it to þe Scorpion.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.687 : Kyng Royda ladde þe seuentene.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13576 : He sende..seouentene [Otho: sceouentene] þusend selere cnihten.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6487 : He spousede þe quene As in þe ȝer of grace a þousend & seuentene.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Par.7.11 : Most strong men seuentene thousend & two hundrid to bataile goyng forth.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2105 : Saudiours him to sewe seuyntene thousand.
d
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)5/15 : Þe seuentene chapitre.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)116/13 : The syxtene is of chastyte þat longyth to a kynge or a prince; The seuyntene of þe solas a kyng schuld haue be hym-self in priuyte.