From Old Norse hundrað, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (< Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”).
hundrað
From Old Norse hundrað, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (< Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”).
hundrað n (genitive singular hundraðs, nominative plural hundruð or (proscribed) hundruðir)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hundrað | hundraðið | hundruð, hundruðir1 | hundruðin, hundruðirin1 |
accusative | hundrað | hundraðið | hundruð, hundruðir1 | hundruðin, hundruðirin1 |
dative | hundraði | hundraðinu | hundruðum | hundruðunum |
genitive | hundraðs | hundraðsins | hundraða, hundruða1 | hundraðanna, hundruðanna1 |
1Proscribed.
From Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (< Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”). Cognate to English hundred (“short hundred, 100”).
hundrað n
Christianity introduced the short hundred (100), but the long hundred remained in use for a long time even after that, during which time hundreds were sometimes distinguished as heil (“whole”) or tólfræð (“twelve-tenned, duodecimal”) (for 120) or tíræð (“ten-tenned, decimal”) (for 100).