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....

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