Cardinal number as adj.: (a) ten; ~ or (other) twelve, around a dozen; (b) tenfold; also, as adv.: ten times; ~ double, ten times as much; ~ so, ten times as (bright, much, etc.).

In phrases and combs.: (a) ~ bebodes (bode-wordes, commaundementes, elich wordes, hestes), biddinges (commaundementes) ~, the Ten Commandments; (b) ~ dai(es, ~ yer(es, daies ~, ten days (years); also, for ten days (years); ~ yer dai, ten years to the day; ~ yer (of) age, of) ~ yer olde, daies ~ of age, etc., ten years (days) old; (c) ~ sithes (times), ten times;—also used as an indefinite number; ~ sithes stalworth (strengere) than; (d) ~ aungel-wered, the ten orders of angels; ~ linages, the ten tribes comprising the kingdom of Israel.

In cpds.: ~ corded (strenged), having ten strings; ~ man lond (lot), the aggregate of the land holdings of ten men, 120 acres; ~ man tale, q.v.; ~ peni nail, coll. nails of the size selling at ten pence a hundred.

Cardinal number as noun: (a) ten men, ten ships, ten orders of angels, etc.; also, in partitive construction: ~ of; ~ and ~, in two groups of ten; ~ or (other) twelve, twelve and ~, around a dozen; bi ~, in tens; mani a ~, many tens, a large number; (b) ten as an abstract number; also, as a numerical label in hours of the clock; ~ of (at) the clokke.

In compound numbers: ~ thousand (hundred), ~ and five (sixti), six and ~, etc.

Ordinal number as adj.: tenth.

In surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.178].