levenadj.n.
Eleven. Also: eleventh.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > eleven
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > eleven > eleventh
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c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 429 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 141 Þe lewine is: þat cheryte to frend & fa euire haf we.
c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 477 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 164 Þare-for he llewyne Iowis of his consent tuk with hym.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 31 Euery Leauen-weather toddes. View more context for this quotation
1883 Jessop in 19th Cent. Oct. 591 In Arcady we have an institution called 'levens, when the labourers knock off work for awhile..and make pretence of enjoying a social meal [see elevens n. at eleven adj. and n. Derivatives].
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leventh adj. (Scottish pre-17 lewint, levint) [aphetic < eleventh adj. and n.] eleventh.
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c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 30 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 153 Als þare-[of] is mad mencione in þe lewint distinccion.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fii/2 Ye Leuenthe, vndecimus.
1578 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 8 The levint buik of the Amades de Gaule.
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