annarr

Old Norse

Old Norse ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : tveir     Ordinal : annarr     Adverbial : tvisvar     Multiplier : tvífaldr     Distributive : tvennr     Collective : báðir     Fractional : halfr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“second, other”). Cognate with Old English ōþer, Old Frisian ōther, Old Saxon ōthar, Old Dutch andar, ander, Old High German andar, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar).

Adjective

annarr (not comparable)

1. other, another, second, next

Declension

    Strong declension of annarr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	annarr	ǫnnur	annat
accusative	annan	aðra	annat
dative	ǫðrum	annarri	ǫðru
genitive	annars	annarrar	annars
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aðrir	aðrar	ǫnnur
accusative	aðra	aðrar	ǫnnur
dative	ǫðrum	ǫðrum	ǫðrum
genitive	annarra	annarra	annarra

Descendants

• Danish: anden
• Faroese: annar
• Icelandic: annar

• Norwegian Bokmål: annen
• Norwegian Nynorsk: annan
• Swedish: annan, andra

References

• “annarr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press