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HUND

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
HUND, n.
Wright's OE grammar
§21; §34; §111; §159; §231; §238; §242; §246; §335; §447;
A HUNDRED; centum
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  • Gyf hwylc mann hæfþ hund sceápa

    si fuerint alicui centum oves,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 18, 12.

  • Hund sestra ... hund mittena hwǽtes,

    • Lk. Skt. 16, 6, 7.

  • Senatum ðæt wæs án hund manna ðéh heora æfter fyrste wǽre þreó hund,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 70, 36.

  • Mid án hund scipa,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 30
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 15.

  • Sum hund scipa

    some hundred ships,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 91, 5.

  • Ðæt flód stód ðá swá án hund daga and fíftig daga

    obtinuerunt aquæ terram centum quinquaginta diebus,

    • Gen. 7, 24.

  • Æfter óðer healf hund daga

    post centum quinquaginta dies,

    • 8, 3.

  • Mið penningum twǽm hundum

    denariis ducentis,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 37.

  • Ðǽr wǽron twá hund and eahta and feówertig wera,

    • Blickl. Homl. 239, 14.

  • Mid ccl hunde [þridde healf hund, MS. E.] scipa,

    • Chr. 893
      • ;
    • Erl. 88, 25.

  • Ðá geceás Gedeon þreó hund manna,

    • Jud. 7, 6.

  • Þreó hund manna and eahtatýne men,

    • Gen. 14, 14.

  • Geseald tó þrím hunde penega

    sold for three hundred pence,

    • Blickl. Homl. 69, 8: 75, 22.

  • Þriim hundum peninga,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 5.

  • Feówer hund geára,

    • Gen. 15, 13.

  • Ðá ðá hé wæs fíf hund geára,

    • 5, 32.

  • Nigon hund wintra and lxxi,

    • Blickl. Homl. 119, 2.

  • Hira monig hund ofslógon

    slew many hundreds of them,

    • Chr. 895
      • ;
    • Erl. 93, 28.

  • Hund síðon on dæge

    a hundred times a day,

    • Homl. Th. i. 456, 21.
Etymology
[
Goth. hund
:
O. Sax. hund
:
O. H. Ger. hunt.
This word is the representative of a fuller form which is seen in
Gothic as taihun-téhund, -taihund [Lk. 15, 4: 16, 6], and which points to a primitive dakan-dakanta = ten-tenth = hundred.
The Latin centum shews a similar modification.]
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v.  hundes beó.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “HUND.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19926.

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  • HUND, n.; num.; adj.

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