sixwintre

Old English

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    Cardinal: six
    Ordinal: sixta
    Age: sixwintre
    Multiplier: sixfeald

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehswintruz. Equivalent to six +‎ -wintre. Attested once, in Genesis 16:16 of the Old English Hexateuch: Hundeahtatiġwintre and sixwintre wæs Ābrahām þā þā Agar him ācende Ismahēl ("Abraham was 86 years old [literally "80 years old and six years old"] when Hagar bore him Ishmael").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiksˌwin.tre/

Adjective

sixwintre

  1. six year(s) old
  2. six-year, lasting six years

Declension