Old English · numeral
hundeahtatig
- Part of speech
- numeral
- IPA
- /xundˈæ͜ɑx.tɑ.tij/[hundˈæ͜ɑx.tɑ.tij]
- Syllables
- xund · ˈæ͜ɑx · tɑ · tij (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- eighty
Meaning
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eighty
Þǣr wæs Persa X M ofslæġen ġehorsedra, ⁊ eahtatiġ M fēþena, ⁊ eahtatiġ M ġefangenra.
There, 10,000 Persian cavalry were slain, and 80,000 infanty, and 80,000 were captured.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą.
Descendants
eighty
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