Middle English Dictionary Entry
thrī̆tẹ̄nth(e num.
Entry Info
| Forms | thrī̆tẹ̄nth(e num. Also thrittenth(e, thritteneth, thritteth(e, thretenethe, thretten(e)the, threttenith, threttenete, thret(t)ethe, (chiefly N) thritend, thrittend(e, thritteind, thretend, threttend(e, thredend & thirtenth(e, thirttenthe, thertenste & (early) þreotteoþe, þreot(t)uðe, (gen.) þreotteðan & (error) þrirteneþ. |
| Etymology | OE þrēotēoða, þrēottēoða, þrēttēoða, þryttēoða; many forms show influence of ME thrī̆tẹ̄ne num.; forms in -nd(e are from ON: cp. OI þrettāndi. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Ordinal number as adj.: thirteenth; ~ dai, the thirteenth day; also, on the thirteenth day; ~ yer, in the thirteenth year; dai ~, on the thirteenth day; (b) ordinal number as noun: the thirteenth year, article, etc.; mus. the interval of a thirteenth; (c) in compound number.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1100 : Þæt wæs þæs þreotteðan geares þe he rice on feng.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)90/39 : On þan þreottende dæige fealleð sunne & mone.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3476 : Forr rihht onn hiss þrittende daȝȝ Þeȝȝ comenn till þatt chesstre.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)74/518 : Ha..uerden wið murðe..to Criste, o þe þreotuðe [Roy: þreottuðe] dei of Nouembres moneð.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4782 : Þe pope eleuthery..Was þe þretteþe pope þat after seinte peter com.
- c1325 Ipotis (BodPoet c.3)116/571 : Þe þriteenþe [vr. þirttenþe] resoun is, [etc.].
- c1350 Ye þat be bi comen (Rwl D.939)p.351 : Luna good y now to þe þreteþe day at eue.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.14.4 : Þe þrittenþ ȝere þey ȝeden awey from hym.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Esth.3.12 : Þe scribis..cleped þe firste monyþ of nysan þe þrettenþe dai of þe same moneþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)167a/b : Þer was þe þritteþ mansioun and abidyng in þe whiche þe children of Israel dwelleden.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11373 : He was born þe dai thritteind [Göt: threttend; Ld: thretend; Trin-C: þrettende].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29330 : Þe case thrittend [Glb: thritend] al-weis vs ken To comun noght wit cursed men.
- c1400 Wycl.LAChurch (Dub 244)p.xxix : Poul..was þe þritteneþ Apostil.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4804 : Þe thredend day sal dede men banes Be sett to-gyder.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2)516 : The þreteneþe artykele..þat cryst hym-self on holy þursday Stegh in-to heuene.
- a1450 Castle Love(1) (BodAdd B.107)1595 : The threttenyth day all maner men Shull dyen anoon þat lyuen þen.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)148a/a : The þrittenþe rule is þat þe surgean schal ȝeue good entent to reforme þe acuite of blood.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton:EETS)137/405 (f.78vb) : They came to Charram, which is the half waye to Nynyue, the thertenst day.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.247 : The þrettenete day al men & women schul deyyn.
b
- a1300 Hundreds Engl.(Jes-O 29)26 : Þe tweolfte on lycchesfeld, þe þreotteoþe on lyncholne.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)286/305 : Him-seolf was þe þretteþe.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)335 : Þe þreotteoþe [Corp-C: þritteþe] schal i-wende, Þe fourteoþe al quic to helle.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Par.24.13 : Þe firste lot wente out of Joiarib..þe þretteneþe of oofa.
- c1390 Mirror St.Edm.(1) (Vrn)961 : Þe þrettenþe is: þe goode schul haue Euerlastinde lyf.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)6579 : Þe threttend es bandes of fire brinnand.
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)257 : For a twelfe & thirtenþe, the plain-song is la, sol, sol, ffa, ffa, my, my, re, re, vt.
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)257 : For a thirtenþe be-twene 2° twelþis with a 10e, the plain-song is 4er la, 4or sol, 4or ffa, 4or mi, 4or re, 4or vt.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)56/15 : The þrirteneþ [?read: þritteneþ] is þat al clene soules ben ofte tymes..in..gostly excercises.
- a1500 Treat.Descant in Burney GHist.Music (Corp-C 410)1.699 : Ther are accordaunce withouten noumber, but ther are ix in use..the Unison, the thyrde..the tenth, twelfth, thyrteenth, and the fyfteenth..The imperfite Cordys are the thyrde, the sixte, the tenth, and the thyrteenth.
c
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6069 : In þe ȝer of grace a þousend & þretteþe.