áttatigir

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  70	80	90  → [a], [b]
	8
Cardinal: átta tigir, áttatigi, áttatigir, áttatíu     Ordinal: áttatugundi

Alternative forms

• átta tigir, áttatigi, áttatíu

Etymology

From átta (“eight”) +‎ tigir (“amounts of ten”).

Numeral

áttatigir m pl

1. (cardinal number) eighty [with genitive ‘of something’]

   áttatigir manna eru á skipi mínu

Declension

  Declension of áttatigir (strong u-stem, indefinite plural only)

masculine	plural
	indefinite
nominative	áttatigir
accusative	áttatigu
dative	áttatigum
genitive	áttatiga

Descendants

• Icelandic: áttatíu
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åtti
• Norwegian Bokmål: åtti
• Swedish: åttio

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “áttatigir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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