eldertongue

Old English · noun

huntoþ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈxun.toθ/
[ˈhun.toθ]
Syllables
ˈxun · toθ (2 syllables)
Modern English
huntinghunt

Meaning

  1. hunting, a hunt

    Him becōmon ēac swā miċele welan tō handa, þæt his bīġleofa wæs ælċe dæġ mid his hīrede þrittiġ mittan clǣnes melowes, and sixtiġ mittan ōðres melowes, twelf fætte oxan, and twēntiġ feldoxan, hundtēontiġ weðera, buton huntoðe and fugoloðe and ġemæstra fugela.

    And so much wealth came into his hands that every day he and his household consumed thirty mittas of clean meal, sixty mittas of other meal, twelve fat oxen, twenty field-oxen, and one hundred wethers, not counting the sustenance from hunting, fowling, or fattened birds.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

Declension of huntoþ
SingularPlural
Nominative huntoþhuntoþas
Accusative huntoþhuntoþas
Genitive huntoþeshuntoþa
Dative huntoþehuntoþum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From huntian + -oþ.

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