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[quatrisme] (1299)

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[quatrisme] (1299)

catrime,  quatorisme,  quatorizme;  quatriesme  
[ FEW: 2/ii,1440a quattuor; Gdf: 6,490b quatriesme; GdfC: 10,456c quatrieme; TL: 2,71 catrime; DEAF: ; DMF:  quatrième; TLF:  quatrième; OED:  quatrime n.; MED:  quatrime n.; DMLBS: 2619c quartus 2 ]

The variants quatorisme and quatorizme have occasionally been interpreted as deviant readings of quatorzisme (‘fourteenth’), for example in Gaunt1 i 139 the editor dates a document to the '14th of July' and not to the '4th'. Although such an interpretation is not out of the question, the form quator + isme/izme (i.e. lacking an s or z sound after the r of quator), seems closer to this relatively rare (compared to quart1) ordinal numeral quatrisme.

a.num.

num.fourth
( 1299 )  Donees a Canterbir, le quatorizme jour de Juignet, l’an de nostre regne vint et septisme  i 906
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  les privés de la ley s’entreasembleyent u jardyn Cayphe la catrime ferie (=Wednesday)  49
( 1347 )  par son estatut fait a Westmonster a demy qaresme l'an de son regne quatorisme  ii 177
( 1373 )  Donnee sous nostre grant seal a Norbourne le quatorisme jour de juyl  i 139
( 1399; MS: s.xv1 )  Le primier, le seconde, le trois, le quart, ou ainsi: uniesme, le deusiesme, le troisiesme, le quatriesme  50.20

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See also:

quart1  quatre1 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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