Old English · numeral
six and hundeahtatig
- Part of speech
- numeral
- IPA
- /siks ɑnd ˈxun.dæ͜ɑx.tɑ.tij/[siks ɑnd ˈhun.dæ͜ɑx.tɑ.tij]
- Syllables
- siks · ɑnd · ˈxun · dæ͜ɑx · tɑ · tij (6 syllables)
- Modern English
- eighty-six
Meaning
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eighty-six
Ɖa wæs ymb tū hund wintra ⁊ syx ⁊ hundeahtatiġ æfter þǣre Drihtenlīcan mennysċnysse, þat Dioclitianus cāsere, sē wæs frām Agustō ðridde ēac ðrittiġum, sē hæfde twentiġ wintra rīċe.
It was about two hundred and eighty-six years after the Lordly Incarnation that Emperor Diocletian, who was the thirty-third emperor from Augustus, reigned for twenty years.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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