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fortieth, a. (n.)|ˈfɔːtɪɪθ|
Forms: α. féowertiᵹoða, erron. -teoða (fem., neut. -ðe), 2 furteohte, 3 fowertiðe, -tuðe, -tiȝthe, fuwertiðe, fourtiand, 4 south. vourtaȝte, fourtithe, -tied, 5 fowrtyde, fortith, 6 fourteth, 7 fourtieth, 6– fortieth; β. 6 fourtyest.
[OE. féowertiᵹoða:—prehistoric *fiwortigunþon-, corresponding to ON. fertugonde, -ande (Sw. fyrationde, Da. fyrretyvende), f. forty on the analogy of tenth.
The rare 13th c. fourtiand is of Scandinavian origin. The 16th c. fourtyest is noteworthy as being formed with the same suffix as in the Low and High Ger. equivalents (Du. veertigste, OHG. fiorzugôsto); cf. also late Icel. fertugasti.]
The ordinal numeral belonging to the cardinal forty. the fortieth man: one man in forty. fortieth part: one of forty equal parts into which a quantity may be divided. Also absol. and quasi-n.
c1000ælfric Deut. i. 3 On þam feowerteoðan ᵹeare. c1175Cott. Hom. 229 Drihten þa an þa furteohte deȝe his æristes astah to heofene. 1258Charter of Hen. III, in Tyrrell Hist. Eng. (1700) II. App. 25 In the two and fowertiȝthe geare of ure crunninge. 1357Lay Folks Catech. 152 The fourtied day after that he ras..he stegh in-till heuen. c1425Wyntoun Cron. vi. iv. 89 Of hys kynryk þe fowrtyde yhere. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. vi. 52 The fourtyest daye after his resurreccyon. 1590Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 51 Of which, scarce the fortieth man escaped with life. 1611Bible Chron. xxvi. 31 In the fourtieth yeere of the reigne of Dauid. a1631Donne Love's Diet 23 Ah! what doth it availe To be the fourtieth name in an entail? 1724Swift Drapier's Lett. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 138 It is not above the fortieth part in value to the rest of Britain. 1758S. Hayward Serm. v. 145 In that fortieth of Isaiah how is that Jehovah set forth? 1800Young in Phil. Trans. XCI. 55 A large card, divided..into fortieths of an inch. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) V. ix. vii. 324 All prelates [etc.]..were summoned to contribute at least a fortieth to this end. |