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seize1 (s.xii1/3)
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seize1 (s.xii1/3)

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ceez,  cesse,  cesze,  cezze;  saysze,  sayze;  sedze,  seise,  sese,  sesse,  sessze,  sesze,  sexze,  seze,  sezse,  sezze  (sesize  Westm Wenlok 90.135,  sesyze  Foedera1 i 861)  
  FEW:  sedecim 15,270a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  seize 10,656c TL: seize 9,361 DEAF:  seize  DMF:  seize  TLF:  seize  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  sedecim 3002b

a.

num. sixteen: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Seze maneres en trovum Que nus tutes jaspes numum  Lapid 242.1195
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  En icel tens tint reis Burchtriz Sexze anz Westsexe  GAIMAR1 2048
( 1216-25; MS: s.xiiim )  Sesse anz tint le regne  Reis Britt2 19
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Isci sunt ore nomez cesse devisiouns de confession  Ancren2 54.25
( 1373 )  cynk mees et sessze bovez de terre  GAUNT1 i 128
( 1435 )  quatre hommes d'armes [...] et sesze archiers  Rot Parl1 iv 483
seize vint
num. three-hundred and twenty: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Seze vint nes (=boats) e quatre furent Quant del port de Grece s’esmurent  Brut WACE 615
quatrevint (et) seize
quatrevint

s.

num. sixteen: 
( c.1375?; MS: s.xv1 )  Un, deux, trois, quatre, [...], quatours, quinsze, sesze, disept [...]  Liber Donati 18.2
quatrevint et seize
quatrevint

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seizime 
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