twa and fiftigとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /twɑː ɑnd ˈfiːf.tij/

数詞

twā and fīftiġ

1. fifty-two
   • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year

     On ðām ġēare synd ġetēalde twelf mōnðas, twā ⁊ fīftiġ wucena, þreo hund daga ⁊ fif ⁊ syxtiġ daga, ⁊ þǣrtōēacan syx tīda, þā maciað æfre ymbe fēorðe ġēar þone dæġ ⁊ ðā niht þe wē hātað bissextum.

     Assigned to each year are twelve months, fifty-two weeks, three hundred and sixty-five days, and an additional six hours, for which reason there is a day and night about every fourth year that we call intercalary.