Old English · numeral
twa hund
- Part of speech
- numeral
- IPA
- /twɑː xund/[twɑː hund]
- Syllables
- twɑː · xund (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- two hundred
Meaning
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two hundred
Bretene īeġland is eahta hund mīla lang and twā hund brād.
The island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred miles wide.
preface to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, manuscript E
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