a. Obs. rare–1. [a. ONorse áttand-i eighth, f. átta eight; cogn. w. OE. eahtoðe, OHG. ahtodo (dialectally ahtande, achtende), Goth. ahtuda.] Eighth.
a. 1400. Metr. Hom., 26. And al the erthe the achtande day Sal stir and quac and al folc slay.
