Middle English Dictionary Entry
sixtī num.
Entry Info
Forms | sixtī num. Also sexti, cexti, (K) zixti & (early) sixtiȝ, sixthi, sixtiga, sextiȝ & (error) sextyl. |
Etymology | OE sixtig, sextig. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Cardinal number as adj.: sixty; ~ mile large, sixty miles distant; ~ peni, a customary rent; -- ?error for sixte peni [s.v. sixt(e num.1.(c)]; ~ sithes; (b) cardinal number as noun: sixty men; also, a sixtyfold reward; -- also, used as adv.: sixty times, sixtyfold [2nd quot.]; bi ~, of birds: in a group of sixty; (c) the abstract number sixty; (d) in compound numbers; (e) as ordinal number: sixtieth; (f) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.852 : He scolde gife ilca gear in to þe minstre sixtiga foðra wuda & twælf foður græfan & sex foður gearda.
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)139/30 : Þa sixtig wintre agane wæren, þa com Darius king, and gewann þa ceastre Babilonie.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/4 : Þær fyr..forbernde sixtiȝ monnæ.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7675 : Ȝho wass sextiȝ winnterr ald.
- (1277) Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2159 : Et sciendum quod isti denarii de wardpani et sixthipani pertinent ad hundredum.
- a1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)206 : Sixti longe mile & tene.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1475 : Sexti ger ysaac was old.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)71/28 : Þou zayst þet þou hest zixti year.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.27.7 : Of sixty wyntyr & more amaale shal ȝeue fiftene ciclis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)108b/a : Eueryche signe is departid in þritty grees and eueryche gree in sexti minutis & eueryche mynute in sexti secoundes.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.441 : Sixty sythes I..haue fo[r]ȝete it sith.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.441 : Sexti tyme a day he loste his hewe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)67 : Cexty: Sexaginta.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)601 : The kynges are aryefede Fra þe cete of Rome sexti myle large.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13442 : Þer was sexty chylder ȝyng.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)184/895o : Syxty sheppis with him he brought.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)111b : Sexty: sexaginta, sexagenus, sexagenarius..Sexty sithis: sexagesies.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)110/4 : Þe sounde of þe Instrument ys herd sextyl [read: sexty] Mylee.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2088 : Oþer semly seriauns, sixti wel armed.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)85/176 : In helle is al þis vileni, And sixti so muche reuþe.
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)91 : Turtils troned on trene By sixti I sayȝ.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)9/98 : Þai slogh þare of þe galaies men Euer sexty ogaynes ten.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)179 : Taghte men..in togers full ryche..sexty at ones.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)141/17 : Þe clennes of wedlok receyueth but þrirty fold and þe clennes of wedehode receyueth but sixti.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)234/16 : Þe tale of zixti..þet is of zixziþe ten.
- ?a1400 Numer.Algorism (Hal)31 : 9634..The figure of sexe..and he stode in the place yer the figure of thre stondeth, for ther he schuld tokene but sexty.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)70/21 : Syxty ys syx tymys ten.
d
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)106/14 : On twelf monþe beoð þreo hundred daȝæ & fif & sixtiȝ daȝe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8600 : Þreo hunndredd winnterr wass he ald & fife & sextiȝ mare.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3879 : Þer mihten sitten..cnihtes sixti hundred.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1817 : Endleue hondret ȝer and sixti ȝer and tene.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)663 : Twelwe and sexti men woren ðor-to Meister-men.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.92 : Þere Men shullen feden hir a þousande and two hundreþ & sexty dayes.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)747 : I wald send..Sexty thowsand of aungels bright.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)327a/a : In þis wyse þe haluendel of foure and sixty is two and þritty.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)4.234 : Ich saued my-self and sexty þousand lyues.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4525 : Þai sal preche als þe appocalips says, A thousand and twa hundreth days And sexti.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)15.4 : Of these Cristene Speke we bedene That In Sarras ben, Sixty & Fyftene.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)162/33 : A legion is in nombre vj thousand vj c sexty and vj.
- a1500(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Dub 213)31/806* : Syne sexty thowsand..þou þi seluen wale Of shillynges & of shire gold.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4132 : The sowme for to set was sexty & nene.
e
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)8/14 : Ȝe entered in þe sexti ȝere of Crist aftir þat a m and cccc were complet.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)111b : Sexty..sexagesimus.
f
- (1206) CRR(2) 4278 : Gaufridus Sextiman.
- (1219) CRR(2) 816 : Rogerus Sextiman.