Old English · numeral
eahta hund
- Part of speech
- numeral
- IPA
- /ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑ xund/[ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑ hund]
- Syllables
- ˈæ͜ɑx · tɑ · xund (3 syllables)
Meaning
eight hundred
Bretene īeġland is eahta hund mīla lang and twā hund brād.
The island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred miles wide.
preface to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, manuscript E
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