átján

See also: átjan

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : átján     Ordinal : átjándi

Alternative forms

• áttján (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Norse átján, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with the Swedish arton, Danish atten, English eighteen and German achtzehn.

Numeral

átján

1. eighteen; the cardinal number after sautján and before nítján.

Derived terms

• einn af átján
• nú tekur átján yfir, nú kastar átján yfir
• sjá upp á átján augum

Related terms

• (ordinal form) átjándi m, átjánda f or n

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Old Norse

cardinal number

18	Previous:	sjaután sjautján
	Next:	nítján

Alternative forms

• áttján (older form)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Compare Old English eahtatīene, Old High German ahtozehan.

Numeral

átján (ordinal átjándi)

1. eighteen

Descendants

• Icelandic: átján
• Faroese: átjan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: atten
• Norwegian Bokmål: atten
• Swedish: arton, aderton
• Danish: atten

References

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