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

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, 8 February 2018:
  Mani þusen hi drapen mid hungær.
  Many thousands they overcame with hunger.
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

A thousandth.

References

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