SC - Steak- OED-Question

[Stephanie E Rudin]

This may be a stupid question, but I have little experience with the OED.
What do the numbers before the variant spellings signify?  

Mercedes
Mooneschadowe, Ansteorra

>OED Entry Search
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>steak
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>steak steik. Forms: 5 steike, steyke, styke, 5-6 steke, 6 steake, 7-8
>stake, 7- steak. a. ONor. steik fem. (Sw. stek, Da. steg), cogn. w. 

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