Old English · noun

hund

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /xund/
[hund]
Syllables: xund (1 syllable)
Modern English: hound dog hundred

hund1 · noun · masculine

Senses

dog

Saga mē, hwylc man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende?

Tell me, who was the first man that spoke with a dog?
The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of hund
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hund	hundas
Accusative	hund	hundas
Genitive	hundes	hunda
Dative	hunde	hundum

hund2 · noun · neuter

Senses

hundred

Þā ġegaderode hē sinoþ on þǣre ċeastre Nīcea, þrēo hund bisċopa and eahtatīene bisċeopas of eallum lēodsċipum, for þæs ġelēafan trymminge.

Then he gathered a synod in the city of Nicaea, three hundred and eighteen bishops from all nations, for the confirmation of the faith.
c. 995, Ælfric, Letter to Wulfsige

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of hund
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hund	hund
Accusative	hund	hund
Genitive	hundes	hunda
Dative	hunde	hundum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hund. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian hund, Old Saxon hund, Old Dutch hunt, Old High German hunt, Old Norse hundr, Gothic (hunds). Indo-European cognates include Latin canis, Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Sanskrit श्वन् (śvan), Old Irish cú, Lithuanian šuõ.

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognates include Old High German hunt and Gothic (hund), also Latin centum.

Descendants

hound

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