thrittenthe

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === þretteneþe, þrettenþe, þirttenþe, þriteenþe, þrittenþ, þrittenþe thirtenþe, thredend, threttenyth, thyrteenth, þreteneþe, þrettenete (Late Middle English) thretend, threttend, thritend, thritteind, thrittend, þrettende (especially Northern); þrittende (Ormulum) === Etymology === A remodelling of thrittethe (Old English þrēo(t)tēoþa) on the basis of tenthe (“tenth”); by surface analysis, thrittene (“thirteen”) +‎ -the (ordinal suffix). For forms with /d/, compare Old Norse þrettándi. þrēo(t)tēoþa is from Proto-West Germanic *þriddjō tehundō, itself from Proto-Germanic *þridjô tehundô. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθritɛnð(ə)/, /ˈθriˌteːnð(ə)/, /ˈθrɛ-/, /-θ(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈθirtɛnð(ə)/, /ˈθirˌteːnð(ə)/, /-θ(ə)/ (metathetic) === Adjective === thrittenthe thirteenth Synonym: thrittethe ==== Descendants ==== English: thirteenth Middle Scots: thretteint, threttent Scots: thirteent, thritteent === Noun === thrittenthe One of thirteen parts of a whole; a thirteenth. Synonym: thrittethe ==== Descendants ==== English: thirteenth Middle Scots: thretteint, threttent Scots: thirteent, thritteent === References === “thrī̆tẹ̄nth(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.