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Wright's OE grammar
§21; §34; §111; §159; §231; §238; §242; §246; §335; §447;
Add: The word is used both as substantive (governing a noun in the genitive) or as adjective (agreeing with noun). The dative plural, though sometimes like the nominative, also has both e and um as inflection.
as abstract numeral
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  • Twéntig síðon seofon beóð án hund and feówertig,

      Angl. viii. 303, 6.
as substantive.
without lesser numerals
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  • Þæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes,

      Sat. 723.

  • Hund scillinga gelde se ágend,

      Ll. Th. i. 28, 5.

  • Hé hæfde án hund þúsenda gehorsedra,

      Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 34: B. 2994.

  • Þæt wæs nigon x hund þúsenda

    decies navies centena millia virorum,

      Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 29.

  • Þreóm hundum sciłł. gylde se ágend,

      Ll. Th. i. 26, 9.

  • Mid twám hunde scipa,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 27: 176, 10: 180, 5.

  • Fór hé mid siex hund monna,

      3, 9; S. 128, 13.

  • Genóm Calatinus iii hund monna mid him,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 20.
with lesser numerals, and
followed by the lesser numeral
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  • Æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs ii hunde wintra and hundeahtatigum

    post urbem conditam anno ccxc,

      Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 19.

  • Mid feówer hunde scipa and þritigum

    cum trecentis triginta navibus,

      4, 6; S. 172, 31.

  • Mid iii hund scipa and lxgum

    cum ducentis sexaginta navibus,

      176, 25.

  • Æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs iii hunde wintra and án,

      2, 7; S. 90, 5.

  • Ymb feówer hund wintra and seofone (vii winter,

    v. l.) anno ccccº viiº,

      Bd. 1, 11; Sch. 30, 12.

  • Feówer hund wintra and þæs fíftan hundseofontig

    post annos ferme cccclxx,

      26. (a α) where a
    preposition is used with both numbers :-- Mid þrím hunde scipa and mid xxx, Ors. S. 4, 5.

  • Ymb feówer hunde wintra and ymb feówertig,

      2, 2; S. 64, 20.

  • An feówer hund eá and on lx,

      2. 4; S. 74, 1.
preceded by the smaller number
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  • Hiora scipa xxx gefangen, and iiii and án hund ádruncen

    centum et quatuor naves demersae, triginta captae,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 176, 13.

  • Þǽr wǽron xxx and c gearora (

    centum triginta

    ),
      172, 5: C. D. vi. 243, 12.

  • Æfter l wintra and feówer hundum

    post annos quadringentos et quadraginta,

      Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 19.

  • Wintra hæfde fíf and hundnigontig ... and eahta hund,

      Gen. 1179.
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  • Cuóm feórðe healf hund scipa,

      Chr. 851; P. 64, 17.

  • Heora mon áhéng fífte healf hund

    quadringenti et quinquaginta servi in crucem acti,

      Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 30.
as adjective.
without lesser numerals
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  • Þæt wǽron fiéftiéne hund þúsend monna quinquies decies centena millia peditum equitumque, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 22. iiii hund wintrum æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs

    anna ab Urbe condita cccc,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 14.

  • Hund síðon centies, twá (þreó, &c.) síðon

    du- (tri-, &c.) centies,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 286, 6, 12.
with lesser numerals, and
followed by them
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  • iii hund and siex men of ǽgðerre healfe,

      Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 21.
    iiii hunde wintrum and hundeahtatigum, 1, 10; S. 44, 3: 4, 9; S. 188, 29. v hunde wintrum and vii, 4, 7; S. 180, 15.

  • Feówer hunde wintrum and feówer and siextigum,

      4, 1; S. 154, 1.

  • On þrím hund dagum and fíf and sixtigum,

      Angl. vii. 14, 128.
  • On þrím hund dagum and eahta and sixtigum dagum, 130.

  • Eahta hund and feówertigum feórum,

      Gen. 1161.
where the lesser numeral precedes
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  • Seofon winter ond eahta hund,

      Gen. 1140.
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v. hundred, hund-teóntig.
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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/53347.

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