𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰

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Cardinal: 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (þrija hunda)

Etymology

Literally “three hundreds”. Compare Old English þrēo hund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθri.ja ˈhun.da/

Noun

𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 • (þrija hunda) n pl

2. (hapax) three hundred (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 14.5:

     𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌰𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌶𐍉 𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐍉.

     maht wēsi auk þata balsan frabugjan in managizō þau þrija hunda skattē jah giban unlēdaim. jah andstaurraidēdun þō.

     For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. (KJV)

Usage notes

This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of “three hundreds”; as such, the numeral 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (þreis) and the noun 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (hunda) are both declined, and the entities being counted are in the genitive case.

Related terms

• 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (þreis, “three”)
• 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund, “hundred”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “Þ54. *þreis”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 365–366
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 150