adj.
'ninth' (Modern English ninth)
PGmc Ancestor
*newunðō- or *newunþō-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
niundi 'ninth'
(ONP niundi (num. ord.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Norw niande, Dan niende, Sw nionde
OE Cognate
nigoða 'ninth', cp. late (non-WS) nigenda
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
C2c
MED and OED otherwise cite this spelling from c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580) (which LALME identifies as NE Leics.). Spellings in <nd> are more common and widespread.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Pe 1012