Numbers in Old Norse (Dǫnsk tunga), a North Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia, the British Isles, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and other places where Vikiings settled until the 15th century.
Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine, n = neuter
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Cardinal | Ordinal | |
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1 | einn (m) ein (f) eitt (n) | fyrsti |
2 | tveir (m) tvær (f) tvau (n) | annarr (m) ǫnnur (f) annat (n) |
3 | þrír (m) þrjár (f) þrjú (n) | þriði |
4 | fjórir (m) fjórar (f) fjǫgur (n) | fjórði |
5 | fimm | fim(m)ti |
6 | sex | sétti |
7 | sjau | sjaundi |
8 | átta | átti |
9 | níu, nío | níundi |
10 | tíu | tíundi |
11 | ellifu | ellipti |
12 | tólf | tólþti |
13 | þrettán | þrettándi |
14 | fjórtán | fjórtándi |
15 | fim(m)tán | fim(m)tándi |
16 | sextán | sextándi |
17 | sjautján | sjautjándi |
18 | átján | átjándi |
19 | nítján | nítjándi |
20 | tuttugu | tuttugandi |
21 | tuttugu ok einn einn ok tuttugu |
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22 | tuttugu ok tveir tveir ok tuttugu |
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23 | tuttugu ok þrír þrír ok tuttugu |
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24 | tuttugu ok fjórir fjórir ok tuttugu |
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25 | tuttugu ok fimm fimm ok tuttugu |
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26 | tuttugu ok sex sex ok tuttugu |
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27 | tuttugu ok sjau sjau ok tuttugu |
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28 | tuttugu ok átta átta ok tuttugu |
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29 | tuttugu ok níu niu ok tuttugu |
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30 | þrír tigir | þritugandi |
40 | fjórir tigir | fertugandi |
50 | fimm tigir | fim(m)tugandi |
60 | sex tigir | sextugandi |
70 | sjau tigir | sjautugandi |
80 | átta tigir | áttatugandi |
90 | níu tigir | nítugandi |
100 | tíu tigir | títugandi |
110 | ellifu tigir | ellifutugandi |
120 | hundrað | |
240 | tvau hundrað | |
1,200 | þúsund |
A video about Old Norse numbers and counting:
Numbers in Old Norse (and other Germanic languages)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Norn/ainaz
http://vikinganswerlady.com/numeric-reckoning.shtml
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Old_Norse/Numerals
https://www.vikingsofbjornstad.com/Old_Norse_Dictionary_E2N.shtm
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