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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Ellevin, Elevin, num. and a. Also: ellevyn(e, -evine, -eivine, -eavine, -even; ellewyn, -ewin, elewin; elevine, -eivine, -ivine, -eavin, -evein, -even. [ME. elleven(e, -evin, eleven, etc., OE. ellefne. Cf. Alevin and Levin.]

1. The number eleven.A long vowel in the second syllable (as in the mod. dial. eleeven) is indicated by the spelling el(l)eivine.(a) 1391 Lennox Mun. 43.
The ȝer of grace i m. iii c. fourescore and ellevyn c1500 Crying of Play 43.
Ellevyne ell wyde met was his mouth 1525 Reg. Great S. 114/1.
Uncias argenti puri quod esset ad minus ellevin penny fyne 1549 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 439.
Payand … elleuin bollis meill … for the saidis smyddie and mylne croftis 1558-66 Knox II. 381.
Ellevin baronis and lairdis … war that day foirfalted 1597 Acts IV. 136/1.
His hienes and his said nobilitie, counsale and estaitis … to the nowmer of ellevin personis at the leist 1611 Crim. Trials III. i. 169.
Efter ellevin a clok 1648 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 132.
Elleivine thousand merkis 1652 Peebles B. Rec. 396.
To stand at the Croce … from ellevine to tuelve hores 1674 Highland P. I. 262.
Shootting … to the number of elleavine shotts(b) 1411 Ayr Friars Pr. Chart. 45.
The yer of grace a thousand four hundreth and ellewin c1420 Wynt. iv. 641.
Ellewyn thousand men, … In to the feld assemblyd ware 1506 Crim. Trials I. 376.
He being kepit in the caschielawis ellewin dayis and ellewin nychtis a1578 Pitsc. I. 76/7.
Thair was slaine … the governour … and ellewin wtheris nobill men 1608 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 32.
The ecclips of the sone … betuix ten and ellewin houris befor nwn 1651 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 117.
He haid preached elewin sermones on the said cap. sex yeiris agoe(c) 1559 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 274.
At elevin of the cloik befoir none 1560 Rolland Seven S. 2226.
Set all on sex and seuin, and perchance cast eleuin 1648 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 143.
On Fuirsday nixt at eleivine houris 1671 Soc. Ant. XXVI. 195.
The second day of September [1600] threiscore eleavin yeires 1681 Blackness Customs 34 b.
Elevein peis butcloathes valu fourty six pounds Scotts 1682 Melrose R. Rec. III. 3.
About elevine acloake at night

2. adj. Eleventh. 1455 Melville Chart. 40.
Of our regne the ellewyn yhere 1687 Mun. Univ. Glasg. II. 346.
The eleven day of October