hund-eahtatig
Eighty
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Eighty Hundeahtatig octoginta, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 49, 44. Heó wæs wudewe óþ feówer and hundeahtatig geára hæc vidua usque annos octoginta quatuor, Lk. Skt. 2, 37. Mid hundehtatigum scipum, Chr. Erl. 5, 2.
Linked entry: eahtatig
hund-eahtatig
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Add: as (singular) substantive Þæs folceshim eóde on hundeahtatig burga, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 15. Heacute; hund-eahtatig scipa gegaderade, 4, 6 ; S. 170, 34. II. as adj. Hund*-*eahtatigon síðon octuagies, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 286, 5
hundeahtatig-wintre
Eighty years old
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Eighty years old Hundeahtatigwintre and sixwintre wæs Abram ðá ðá Ager ácende Ysmael, Gen. 16, 16
disc-þegn
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An ic ǽlcan gesettan discðegne hundeahtatig mancusa goldes, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30. Ic geann Ælmǽre mínon discþéne þára ehta hída æt Cateringa*-*túne, Cht. Th. 560, 36. Add
hrægel-þegn
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Add: as officer of royal household Ǽlcan gesettan hræglðéne hundeahtatig mancusa goldis, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30 (from K.
lecg
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ðæræ lecge is hundeahtati mancussa goldæs, Chart. Th. 527, 9. Leo takes lecg = gift, legacy, and then a dish of three pounds and a cup of equal amount would go to make up the amount of eighty mancusses. As regards the value of a handseax, Chart.
lyb-corn
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Wyrc útyrnendne drænc genim fíf and hundeahtatig lybcorna make a purgative drink thus; take eighty-five purgative seeds, Lchdm. iii. 18, 12: 20, 1. Wyrc óðerne [spíwdrænc] of beóre and of feówertig lybcorna, 20, 10
strengþu
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add: of physical power Þǽh þe beón on stæencþum hundeahtatig gǽr si autem in potentatibus octoginta anni, Ps.
munuc-líf
the monastic life ⬩ the place in which the monastic life is lived ⬩ a monastery
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Ðæt mynster hé gelogóde mid wellybbendum mannum, ðæt wǽron hundeahtatig muneca, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 14.
be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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Add: prep. local, in contrast with before Hé hæfde þriddan dǽl his firde beæftan him, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 33. in contrast with advance along with Hé forlét hundeahtatig þúsenda beæftan him, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 17: 5, 12; S. 240, 3. figurative Ic forlǽte
mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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Cf. for an instance of the manner in which this might be paid the will of an ealdorman where the heriot included feówer beágas twegen on hundtwelftigum mancosum and twegen on hundeahtatigum, Chart. Th. 500, 3.
hund-teóntig
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Hundteóntig daga on án and hundeahtatig daga, Hml. A. 92, II. þurh ðá hunteóntig and feówer and feówertig þúsenda þrowera, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 21. with a number as multiplier Wintra hæfde twá hundteóntig geteled ríme and fífe eác (cf.
óþ
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Heó wæs wunigende on wudewan háde oð feówer and hundeahtatig geára, Hml. Th. i. 146, 32. with a pronoun Hé wæs winnende oð ðe him se mǽsta dǽl wearð underþeóded, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 14. Gýt oð ðis on wundrum scínende, Hml. Th. ii. 188, 13.
hund
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Genóm Calatinus iii hund monna mid him, Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 20. with lesser numerals, and followed by the lesser numeral Æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs ii hunde wintra and hundeahtatigum post urbem conditam anno ccxc, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 19.
þúsend
a thousand
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Feówer þúsend wintra and feówer hand and twá and hundeahtatig, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 58, 9. Wǽron ágán .v. þúsend wintra and .cc. wintra, Chr. 11; Erl. 7, 2. v. þúsend wintra and cc. and xxvi, 33; Erl. 7, 10.
eáca
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Hé ofslóh án hund þúsend manna and hundeahtatig ðúsend and sumne eácan ðǽrtó, Hml. S. 18, 404
rím
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Mǽgburge þínre rím miclian, 2221. a particular sum or aggregate of units, of a kind specified or implied in the context Hé hæfde eahta and hundeahtatig wintra. Ðone sylfan rím wintra hine hæbbende beón . . .
cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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To ðam swíðe awédde se cwealm ðæt hundeahtatig manna of lífe gewiton the plague raged to that degree that eighty men departed from life, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 18: Exon. 89a; Th. 335, 7; Gn. Ex. 30.
stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Nim ðíne stafas and wrít hundeahtatig, Lk. Skt. 16, 7. letters, book-learning, literature Bóclícum stafum litteris liberalibus, Hpt. Gl. 503, 55. Hú meta cann ðes stafas, ðonne hé ne leornode? Jn. Skt. 7, 15.
Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft
hundred
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Add: as an abstract numeral Þrittig síðon seofon beóð twá hundred and týn ; feówertig síðon seofon beóð twá hundred and hundeahtatig; fíftig síðon seofon beóð þreó hundred and fíftig, Angl. viii. 303, 7-9. as substantive. governing a gen.