hundrað

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse hundrað, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (< Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhʊndra] === Numeral === hundrað hundred (100) ==== Derived terms ==== stórhundrað (“120”) == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hundrað, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (< Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhʏntraːð/ === Numeral === hundrað n (genitive singular hundraðs, nominative plural hundruð) or(proscribed) hundruðir f pl (plural only, genitive plural (proscribed) hundruða) hundred Synonym: eitt hundrað Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English) ==== Usage notes ==== The plural feminine declension, used as a noun ("hundreds"), is proscribed, unlike with þúsund. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “hundrað”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “hundrað”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “hundrað” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (< Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”). Cognate to English hundred (“short hundred, 100”). === Pronunciation === (12th Century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈhũndrɑð/ === Number === hundrað n a long hundred (120) ==== Usage notes ==== 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). ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hundrað Faroese: hundrað Norwegian Nynorsk: hundrad Norwegian Bokmål: hundre → Norwegian Nynorsk: hundre Elfdalian: undrað Old Swedish: hundraþSwedish: hundra→ Finnish: huntti Old Danish: hundrath Danish: hundred, hundrede (cardinal number), hundrede (noun)→ Greenlandic: hundredi === See also === tíu-tíu (teenty, one short hundred, 100) === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “hundrað”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press