eldertongue

Old English · adjective

hundfeald

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈxundˌfæ͜ɑld/
[ˈhundˌfæ͜ɑɫd]
Syllables
ˈxund · ˌfæ͜ɑld (2 syllables)
Modern English
hundredfold

Meaning

  1. hundredfold

    Sē ōðer godspellere āwrāt, þæt sum dǣl þǣs sǣdes þe on ðām gōdan lande āsprang āġēaf ðrītiġfealdne wǣstm, sum sixtiġfealdne, sum hundfealdne.

    The second evangelist wrote that some of the seeds that sprang up on the good land yielded thirtyfold fruit, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

From hund (“hundred”) + -feald (“-fold”).

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