𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą of obscure formation. Akin in some way to Old English hundeahtatiġ, Old Saxon antahtotig and Old High German ahtozo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈah.tɔː.teː.hund/

𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 • (ahtautēhund) n

1. eighty (cardinal number)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 2:37:

     𐍃𐍉𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 <𐍃𐍅𐌴> 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌴 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂, 𐍃𐍉𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌼 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼.

     sōh þan widuwō <𐍃𐍅𐌴> jērē ahtautēhund jah fidwōr, sōh ni afiddja fairra alh fastubnjam jah bidōm blōtandē fraujan nahtam jah dagam.

     And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 16:7:

     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.

     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.

     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.

In Luke 2:37 one would expect a genitive *𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃 (*ahtautēhundis), but the base form 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (ahtautēhund) is found instead, suggesting that the word was not always declinable. See also 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (niuntēhund).

• 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (ahtautēhund jah fidwōr, “eighty-four”)

• 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿 (ahtau, “eight”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “A59. ahtau”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 12
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 3