hundeahtatig

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

		800
←  70	←  79	80	81  →	90  → [a], [b]
		8
Cardinal: hundeahtatiġ     Ordinal: hundeahtatigoþa     Age: hundeahtatiġwintre     Multiplier: hundeahtatiġfeald

Alternative forms

• hundæhtatiġ, hundehtatiġ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xundˈæ͜ɑx.tɑ.tij/, [hundˈæ͜ɑx.tɑ.tij]

Numeral

hundeahtatiġ

1. eighty
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Þǣr wæs Persa X M ofslæġen ġehorsedra, ⁊ eahtatiġ M fēþena, ⁊ eahtatiġ M ġefangenra.

     There, 10,000 Persian cavalry were slain, and 80,000 infanty, and 80,000 were captured.

Descendants

• Middle English: eightety
  • English: eighty
  • Middle Scots: auchtie
    • Scots: eichty, auchty