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tolfrædic, a.|təʊlˈfriːdɪk|
[f. Icel. tólf-rǽðr adj. only in comb. tolfrǽtt hundrað, a hundred of twelve tens (f. tólf twelve + rǽða (:—rœ́ða) to speak) + -ic.]
Duodecimal: applied to the ancient Scandinavian system of reckoning, in which twelve tens were counted as a hundred (cf. hundred 3).
[Cf.1703Hickes Thesaurus I. iii. 43.] 1813Ellis Brand's Pop. Antiq. II. 325 The Doctor observes that this Tolfrædic mode of computation by the greater decads, or tens which contain twelve units, is still retained amongst us in reckoning certain things by the number twelve. 1905Daily Chron. 16 June 4/6 The tolfraedic ten meant twelve, the tolfraedic hundred meant a hundred and twenty, and so on. |