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hundred

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
hundred, pl. u; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§447;
A hundred
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  • Getalu vel heápas vel hundredu

    centurias,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 96
      • ;
    • Som. 76, 25
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 53, 34.

  • Ðeáh ðe heora hundred seó

    though there be a hundred of them,

    • Ps. Th. 89, 10.

  • On lxv and þreó hundræd hi beóþ tódǽlede

    they are divided into three hundred and sixty-five,

    • Nar. 49, 25.

  • Seox hundred wintra and iii and hundseofenti wintra,

    • Chr. 656
      • ;
    • Erl. 33, 34.

  • Hundrað scillinga

    centum denarios,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 28.

  • On twegera hundred penega wurþe.

    • Jn. Skt. 6, 7.

  • Wið þrím hundred penegon,

    • 12, 5.

  • Mid twám hundred penegon,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 40.

  • Hí ðá sǽton hundredon and fíftigon

    discubuerunt per centenos et per quinquagenos,

    • 37.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. hundred, hunderd
:
Icel. hundrað
:
O. H. Ger. hundert
:
Ger. hundert.
Two etymologies are suggested for the word; according to one
hunder- corresponds to Lat. centur-ia;
according to the other
-red (Icel. rað)
is a suffix akin to the
-ræðr which is found in Icel. átt-rædr
, etc. v.
  • Grmm. Gesch. D. S. 175-6.
]
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v.  hund.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hundred.” 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/19938.

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  • hundred, n.; num.; adj.

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