thrittene

Middle English

Alternative forms

thirttene

Etymology

From Anglian Old English þreotēne (compare West Saxon þreotīene), from Proto-Germanic *þritehun; equivalent to thre +‎ -tene.

Numeral

cardinal number
13	Previous:	twelve
13	Next:	fourtene

thrittene

thirteen
(Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Descendants

English: thirteen (dialectal throtteen)
Scots: thirteen, thritteen
Yola: dhurteen

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for thrittene in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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