eahtoþa

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: eahta     Ordinal: eahtoþa     Age: eahtawintre     Multiplier: eahtafeald

Alternative forms

• eahteoþa, eahteþa
• ehtoþa, ehteoþa, ehteþa, ehtuþa

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑx.to.θɑ/

Numeral

eahtoþa

1. eighth

Adjective

eahtoþa

1. eighth
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Þā on þām eahteoþan ġēare siþþan hēo abbudisse wæs, hēo wæs ġeuntrumod swā swā hēo ǣr witeġode, swā þæt ān ġeswel wēox on hire swūran myċel under ċynnbane...

     Then on the eighth year since she became abbotess, she was sickened as she had previously predicted, as a large tumor grew on her neck under the chinbone....

Declension

Declension of eahtoþa — Weak only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	eahtoþa	eahtoþe	eahtoþe
Accusative	eahtoþan	eahtoþan	eahtoþe
Genitive	eahtoþan	eahtoþan	eahtoþan
Dative	eahtoþan	eahtoþan	eahtoþan
Instrumental	eahtoþan	eahtoþan	eahtoþan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	eahtoþan	eahtoþan	eahtoþan
Accusative	eahtoþan	eahtoþan	eahtoþan
Genitive	eahtoþra, eahtoþena	eahtoþra, eahtoþena	eahtoþra, eahtoþena
Dative	eahtoþum	eahtoþum	eahtoþum
Instrumental	eahtoþum	eahtoþum	eahtoþum

Descendants

• Middle English: eiȝtthe, eahtuðe, ehtuðe, egteðe, eyghte, aght, eiȝteþe, eyteth, eghte, aiȝtede, eighthe, eghþe, eytþe, eȝte, eytiþ, eiȝtþe
  • English: eighth
  • Scots: echt