fjórtán

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : fjórtán     Ordinal : fjórtándi

Etymology

From Old Norse fjórtán, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun.

Numeral

fjórtán

1. fourteen; the cardinal number after þrettán and before fimmtán.

Related terms

• (ordinal form) fjórtándi m, fjórtánda f or n.

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: fjórtán, fjúrtán, fjǫgurtán     Ordinal: fjórtándi

Alternative forms

• fjúrtán, fjǫgurtán

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Compare Old Saxon fiuwartein, Old Frisian fiūwertīne, Old English feowertīene, Old High German fiorzehan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fidwortaihun).

Numeral

fjórtán

1. (cardinal number) fourteen

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjórtán
• Faroese: fjúrtan
• Norwegian Bokmål: fjorten
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fjorten
• Old Swedish: fiughurtan, fiughertān
  • Swedish: fjorton
• Danish: fjorten

References

• fjórtán in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.