"sefte" meaning in Middle English

See sefte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛvəð(ə)/, /ˈsɛfθ(ə)/, /ˈsɛft(ə)/ Forms: sefth [alternative], seveþe [alternative], seofaþe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], seofeðe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], seofoðe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], seoveðe [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English seofoþa, seofunda, from Proto-West Germanic *sebunþō, variant of *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô; equivalent to seven (“seven”) + -the (ordinal suffix). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|seofoþa|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English seofoþa, {{inh+|enm|ang|seofoþa}} Inherited from Old English seofoþa, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sebunþō}} Proto-West Germanic *sebunþō, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sebundô}} Proto-Germanic *sebundô, {{af|enm|seven|-the|id2=ordinal|pos2=ordinal suffix|t1=seven}} seven (“seven”) + -the (ordinal suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} sefte
  1. (chiefly Early Middle English and Southern or Southwest Midland) seventh Synonyms: seventhe
    Sense id: en-sefte-enm-adj-8EEtbetC Categories (other): Early Middle English, Southern Middle English, Southwest Midland Middle English, Middle English terms suffixed with -the (ordinal) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -the (ordinal): 51 49

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛvəð(ə)/, /ˈsɛfθ(ə)/, /ˈsɛft(ə)/ Forms: sefth [alternative], seveþe [alternative], seofaþe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], seofeðe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], seofoðe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], seoveðe [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English seofoþa, seofunda, from Proto-West Germanic *sebunþō, variant of *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô; equivalent to seven (“seven”) + -the (ordinal suffix). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|seofoþa|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English seofoþa, {{inh+|enm|ang|seofoþa}} Inherited from Old English seofoþa, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sebunþō}} Proto-West Germanic *sebunþō, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sebundô}} Proto-Germanic *sebundô, {{af|enm|seven|-the|id2=ordinal|pos2=ordinal suffix|t1=seven}} seven (“seven”) + -the (ordinal suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} sefte
  1. (chiefly Early Middle English and Southern or Southwest Midland) One of seven equal parts of a whole; a seventh. Synonyms: seventhe
    Sense id: en-sefte-enm-noun-YehxNHdE Categories (other): Early Middle English, Southern Middle English, Southwest Midland Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English ordinal numbers, Middle English terms suffixed with -the (ordinal), Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Seven Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Middle English ordinal numbers: 40 60 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -the (ordinal): 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 9 35 0 17 5 0 0 0 18 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 52 0 12 3 0 0 0 13 12 Disambiguation of Seven: 30 70

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (bdd14c0 and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.