𐍄𐍅𐌰 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰

Gothic

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	2,000
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	20
Cardinal: 𐍄𐍅𐌰 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (twa hunda)

Etymology

Literally “two hundreds”. Compare Old English tū hund.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtwa ˈhun.da/

Noun

𐍄𐍅𐌰 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 • (twa hunda) n pl

(hapax) two hundred (cardinal number)
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 6.7:[1]
  𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐍉𐍆 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌹𐍀𐍀𐌿𐍃: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌴 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍉𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼, 𐌸𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻.
  andhōf imma filippus: twaim hundam skattē hlaibōs ni ganōhai sind þaim, þei nimai ƕarjizuh leitil.
  Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. (KJV)

Usage notes

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

Related terms

𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai, “two”)
𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund, “hundred”)

References

John chapter 6 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.

Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “T41. twai”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 350–351
Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 142

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[1] John chapter 6 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.