𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳

• 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (taihuntēhund)

From Proto-Germanic *tehuntēhundą of obscure formation. Akin in some way to Old English hundtēontiġ and Old High German zehanzo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.hun.teː.hund/

𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 • (taihuntaihund) n

2. one hundred (cardinal number)

   Synonym: 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 15.4:^[1]

     𐍈𐌰𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴, 𐌽𐌹𐌿 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐍉 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌽, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰?

     ƕas manna izwara aigands taihuntēhund lambē jah fraliusands ainamma þizē, niu bileiþiþ þō niuntēhund jah niun ana auþidai jah gaggiþ afar þamma fralusanin, untē bigitiþ þata?

     What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 16.6–7:^[2]

     𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌺𐌰𐍃𐌴 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌹𐍃. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐌽𐌹𐌼 𐌸𐌿𐍃 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍃𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐌹𐌼 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽𐍃. / 𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌵𐌰𐌸: 𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌿, 𐍈𐌰𐌽 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐍄? 𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐍃 𐌵𐌰𐌸: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌴 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐌽𐌹𐌼 𐌸𐌿𐍃 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳.

     þaruh qaþ: taihuntaihund kasē alēwis. jah qaþ du imma: nim þus bōkōs jah gasitands sprautō gamēlei fim tiguns. / þaþrōh þan du anþaramma qaþ: aþþan þu, ƕan filu skalt? iþ is qaþ: taihuntaihund mitadē kaurnis. jah qaþ du imma: nim þus bōkōs jah mēlei ahtautēhund.

     And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. / Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. (KJV)

This number is a noun; as such, the entities being counted are in the genitive case.

Due to the existence of another, shorter word 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund) meaning the same, this word was probably used to specify that the decimal "short" hundred (100) was meant as opposed to the duodecimal "long" hundred (120), that would otherwise have been indicated by the term 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund). This is supported by the fact that in Corinthians I, 15.6, the word 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌼 (taihuntēwjam, “ by decimals”) (dat. pl.) is added as a note to indicate that the reading of 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (fimf hunda, “five hundred”) there is that of short (decimal) hundreds, not long hundreds.

• 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (taihuntaihundfalþs, “hundredfold”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “T6. taihuntehund”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 339–340
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 136