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hundred

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hundred, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§447;
A hundred, a territorial division, the assembly of the men in such a division
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  • Hú mon ðæt hundred haldan sceal. Ǽrest ðæt hí heó gegaderian á ymb feówer wucan and wyrce ǽlc man óðrum riht

    how the [assembly of the] hundred is to be held. First, they [the men of the hundred] are to assemble themselves every four weeks; and each man is to do justice to other,

    • L. Edg. H
      • ;
    • Th. i. 258, 2-4,
      • and see the whole section.

  • Fó se hláford tó healfan and tó healfan ðæt hundred

    let the lord take half, and the hundred half,

    • L. Edg. 2, 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 268, 20.

  • Gewitnys sý geset tó ǽlcere byrig and tó ǽlcum hundrode,

    • L. Edg. S. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 274, 8, 10.

  • Twegen þegenas innan ðam hundrede,

    • L. Eth. i. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 280, 11
      • :
    • L. C. S. 17
      • ;
    • Th. i. 384, 30: 19
      • ;
    • Th. i. 386, 12.
Etymology
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Various explanations of the word have been given. 'It has been regarded as denoting simply a division of a hundred hides of land; as the district which furnished a hundred warriors to the host; as representing the original settlement of the hundred warriors; or as composed of a hundred hides, each of which furnished a single warrior,' Stubbs' Const. Hist. 1, 97; see also following pages and pp. 71-3: Grmm. R. A. 532 sqq: Kemble's Saxons in England, c. ix: Schmid A. S. Gesetz. p. 613-4.
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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/19939.

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  • hundred, n.

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