twelfe

English

twelfe (not comparable)

Obsolete form of twelfth.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, or What You Will
  Twelfe Night, Or what you will (original spelling)

twelfe

Obsolete form of twelve.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
  , scene i:
  Tis now ſtrooke twelfe, get thee to bed Franciſco,

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