furdeithien

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Directly from, or from words cognate with fyder (“four”) + thiine (“ten”).

Numeral

furdeithien

  1. forty
    • 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:
      Viginti dicebat stega, triginta treithyen, quadraginta furdeithien, centum sada, hazer mille.
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