Middle English Dictionary Entry
sē̆ventī num.
Entry Info
| Forms | sē̆ventī num. Also seveneti, sevinti, sevintẹ̄, senti, cevintie, seiventi, seivinti, (K) zeventi & (early) sefentiȝe, seofentiȝ, seoventi, soventi. |
| Etymology | From OE hundseofontig. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Cardinal number as adj.: seventy; (b) cardinal number as noun: the abstract number seventy; (c) in compound numbers; (d) the ~, the Septuagint; also, its seventy legendary translators; the ~ translatoures (doctoures, turneres), the translators of the Septuagint.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3665 : Ches ðe nu her seuenti Wise men.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)1/14 : Of zeuenty yer al uol rond.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)192b/a : Þe Ilonde streccheþ seuenty myle and fyfty paas in lengþe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3322 : Thelamonyus Regned..Seuenti wynter.
- a1425 Adam & E.(3) (Wht)88/29 : Veniaunce schal be ȝouun..seuentisithe seuenfoold.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)67 : Cevyntye: Septuaginta.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)454 : Seventy tymys: Septuagesies.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)634 : In foure or in fyfe ȝere he ferre was in lare Þan othire at had bene þare seuynte wynter.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)111a : Sevynty: septuaginta.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)331 : Seventy sythys: septuagies.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.205 : Withynnyn on ȝer weryn made seuenty chirchys.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4319 : Þe feorþe staff iss nemmnedd O, & seofenntiȝ bitacneþþ.
c
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)229 : Siððan twa and sefentiȝe, þa beoð ȝenamned discipuli.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)26/36 : Þe weorreur of helle..mo cwarreaus to one ancre þen to seo-uene & seouenti lefdies.
- a1300(OE) Deed Crediton (CotR 2.11)117 : Alger bischop bi-het þru hondreit daȝe and souenti and þru daȝes.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)706 : Ðis oðer werldes elde is so: A ðhusent ger, seuenti and two.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.2.4 : Naason..shal be prince of his sonys & al þe summe of fyȝtynge men..foure & seuynty þousaunt & sixe hundred.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.91 : Ther was so large a retenue Of naciouns seventy and tuo.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1488 : Lameth his sun his eild to neuen Seuen hundret yeir seuenti [Frf: seyuenti; Göt: seuinti] and seuen.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)21209 : Þe seyuintiand [Vsp: seuenti and] þe firþ ȝere efter þat he had liued here..þer was dollin for to lye.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3348 : Six hundrid þousand seuenti & sixtene Were slayn.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)414 : After þe Incarnacyon ayȝte hundreth ȝere senty and fyue hit was.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)60/26 : Augustyn lyued clerk..alle þe dayes of his lyf or seuenety and sex.
- a1550(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Sln 1873)3101 : In the yere of Crist Ml. cccc sevynty & sevyne This werke bigane.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prols.Job (Bod 959)73 : Þe seuenti [L Septuaginta editionem] after grekis & myn after þe ebrues..chese eche man þat he wile.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prols.1 Par.(Bod 959)51 : I haue had mynde þe making of þe seuenti translatouris [L Septuaginta translatorum].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.243 : Þe seuenty and Isidre acounteþ þe hondred ȝere afore þe þritty.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.245 : Hem I clepe þe Seuenty, and so þey beþ i-cleped in þis book and of meny holy doctoures; and þey beeþ specialliche i-cleped þe Seuenty tourneris, for þey torned Holy Writte out of Ebrew in to Grewe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)294b/a : Þe seuenty þat translated..made þis translacioun 'quasi beta semicocta.'
- a1450(c1405) Purvey Determ.(Trin-C B.14.50)173/107 : Seuenti doctoris..translatiden þe Bibile in-to Greek ouȝt of Ebrew.