þreo and twentig
Old English
| ← 22 | 23 | 24 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: þrēo and twēntiġ Ordinal: þrēo and twēntigoþa | ||
Alternative forms
- þrēo and tƿēntiġ
Etymology
From West Germanic *þriju andi twaintig (literally ”three and twenty”). Cognate with West Frisian trije-entweintich, Low German dreeuntwintig, Dutch drieëntwintig, German dreiundzwanzig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θreːo̯ ɑnd ˈtweːntij/, [θreːo̯ ɒnd ˈtweːntij]
Numeral
þrēo and twēntiġ
- twenty-three
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- On Lǣdensprǣċe sind þrēo and twēntiġ stafa.
- In Latin, there are twenty-three letters.
- On Lǣdensprǣċe sind þrēo and twēntiġ stafa.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English