Meanings
alternative IVth
- abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of fourth.
[…]afore the seid iiiith day of Marche[…]
1784, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, with Notes and Other Illustrations, page 1713 more examples
One of the Daughters of King Edward the IIIIth,[…]iiiith Part of the Moiety of the Chaſe of Clerys,[…]
1513, Rolls of Parliament, to Supply the Deficiencies in the Journals of the House of Lords, published 1860, page ii, viiThys yere, þe IIIIᵗʰ or Vᵗʰ of Novembre, was a gret wynde þat blew down many howsis in þe contrey / & tylis, & thecche, & trees.
1531, William Henry Hulme, The Middle-English Harrowing of hell and Gospel of Nicodemus, published 1907, page 161Thus, having nothing els of moment to advertise, I end wᵗʰ wishing unto yoʳ L. aswel as I wold unto my self. Ffrom Chattesworth, this iiiith of Octobre, 1573.
1573, Mark Aloysius Tierney, The History and Antiquities of the Castle and Town of Arundel; Including the Biography of Its Earls, from the Conquest to the Present Time, published 1834, page 737
Origin
- Middle EnglishIIIIth
- EnglishIIIIth
From Middle English IIIIth; IIII (Roman numeral representing four) + -th (ordinal suffix).
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