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hundteontig

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Old English

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Old English numbers (edit)
1,000
 ←  90  ←  99 100 101  →  200  → 
10
    Cardinal: hund, hundred, hundtēontiġ
    Ordinal: hundtēontigoþa
    Age: hundtēontiġwintre, hundwintre, ānhundwintre
    Multiplier: hundfeald, hundtēontiġfeald

Etymology

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From the prefix hund- +‎ *tēontiġ, a combination of an archaic form of tīen (ten) and -tiġ (-ty).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xundˈte͜oːn.tij/, [hundˈte͜oːn.tij]

Numeral

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hundtēontiġ

  1. hundred
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      Ðā wæs ymb hundtēontiġ wintra 7 nigan 7 hundeahtatiġ wintra frām Drihtnes mennisċnysse, þæt Seuerus casere, sē was Æffrica cynnes, of þǣre byriġ ðe Lepti hātte,-sē was seofonteoġeða frām Agusto—þat hē rīċe onfeng, ⁊ þæt hæfde seofontȳne ġēar.
      It was about one hundred eighty-nine years after the Lord's incarnation that Emperor Severus, who was African, from the city known as Leptis—the seventeenth [emperor] from Augustus—took the throne, and held it for seventeen years.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: hunteoniȝ, hunteniȝ