eahtoþa

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

From Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑx.to.θɑ/

eahtoþa

1. eighth

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....

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     þǣr sē ġeonga ġewāt
     on þone eahtoðan dæġ
     Ēadgār of līfe,
     beorna bēahġifa.
     Feng his bearn syþþan
     tō cynerīċe
     ċild unwexen,
     eorla aldor,
     ðām wæs Ēadweard nama.

     On the eighth day [of July]
     the young Edgar,
     ring-giver of men,
     departed from life.
     His son then ascended
     to the throne,
     a child not yet grown,
     a king of earls,
     whose name was Edward.

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