thousend

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  1	←  100	1,000
Cardinal: thousend     Ordinal: thousend     Multiplier: thousendfold

Alternative forms

• thosand, thousand, thousent, thousind, thousynd, thouzand, thowsand, thowsande, thowsaund, thowsend, thusand, þhousand, þosend, þousand, þousande, þousant, þousen, þousend, þousinde, þousond, þousynde, þouzend, þowsand, þowsant, þowzand
• (early) ðhusant, ðusent, þusand, þusen, þusend, þusennde, þusent, þusund, þusunt

Etymology

Inherited from Old English þūsend, from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī; some forms are remodelled on the participial ending -and.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθuːzɛnd/, /ˈθuːzand/

Numeral

thousend

2. A thousand; 1000.
   • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:

     Mani þusen hi drapen mid hungær.

     Many thousands they overcame with hunger.

3. A very large number; zillions.

Usage notes

Much like modern English thousand, thousend often needs a determiner preceding it.

Derived terms

• thousendfold

Descendants

• English: thousand
  • → Hawaiian: kaukani, tausani
• Scots: thousand, thoosan, thoosand

Adjective

thousend

2. A thousandth.

References

• “thǒusand, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.