twelf

Borrowed from English twelve.

twelf

1. twelve

twelf

1. (Low Prussian) alternative form of twalf (twelve)

twelf

1. alternative form of twelve

From Early Scots twelf, from Middle English twelve.

twelf

1. twelve

• Scots: twal

• twælf — Kentish
• tuœlf — Northumbrian
• tuelf

From Proto-Germanic *twalif, a compound of *twa- (compare two) and *-lif.

• IPA^(key): /twelf/, [tweɫf]

twelf

1. twelve
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     [Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.

     [Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.

   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Beforan Moyse and hys folce, hē ðone Rēadan sǣ on twelf wegas ādrīġde; þæt hī, drīġan fōtan, þæne sǣ oferfērdon.

     Before Moses and His people, He dried up twelve paths in the Red Sea, so that they could cross the sea with dry feet.

• twelffeald
• twelfhynde

• Middle English: twelve, twelfe, twelf, twælf, tuelf
  • English: twelve
  • Scots: twal, twol (obsolete twelf, twalf, tuelf)