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áttræður

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From átta (eight) +‎ -ræður (denoting quantity, age).

Adjective

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áttræður (not comparable)

  1. eighty years old
  2. eighty fathoms tall/deep/long/across/etc. (which is eighty of a unit)

Usage notes

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Declension

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See also

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References

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  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “áttræður”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “áttræður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
  • áttræður”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024