huntoþ

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From huntian +‎ -oþ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxun.toθ/, [ˈhun.toθ]

Noun

huntoþ m

  1. hunting, a hunt
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Him becōmon ēac swā miċele welan tō handa, þæt his bīġleofa wæs ælċe dæġ mid his hīrede þrittiġ mittan clǣnes melowes, and sixtiġ mittan ōðres melowes, twelf fætte oxan, and twēntiġ feldoxan, hundtēontiġ weðera, buton huntoðe and fugoloðe and ġemæstra fugela.
      And so much wealth came into his hands that every day he and his household consumed thirty mittas of clean meal, sixty mittas of other meal, twelve fat oxen, twenty field-oxen, and one hundred wethers, not counting the sustenance from hunting, fowling, or fattened birds.
    on huntoþ gān
    to go hunting
    Ġiestrandæġ iċ wæs on huntoþe mid mīnum fæder.
    Yesterday I was out hunting with my father.
    Hē ālīesde þā hundas and se huntoþ begann.
    He loosed the dogs and the hunt began.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative huntoþ huntoþas
accusative huntoþ huntoþas
genitive huntoþes huntoþa
dative huntoþe huntoþum

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: on hunteth