ᚾᛁᚢ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *newun.

Numeral

ᚾᛁᚢ (niu /nīu/)

1. nine
   • 550-600, Stentoften Runestone (DR357, KJ96)

     ᚾᛁᚢᚺᛡᛒᛟᚱᚢᛗᛦ ¶ ᚾᛁᚢᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ ¶ ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᛡᚠᛦᚷᛡᚠᛃ […]
     niuhᴀborumz ¶ niuhagestumz ¶ hᴀþuwolᴀfzgᴀfj […]

     Nīu haβᵒrumʀ, nīu hangistumʀ, Haþuwolᵃfʀ gaf j[= ār].

     By [the sacrifice of] nine bucks and by [the sacrifice of] nine stallions, Haþuwulfaz gave a fruitful year. […]

Descendants

• Old Norse: níu, nío
  • Icelandic: níu
  • Faroese: níggju
  • Norn: ni
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ni, nio, nie; (dialectal) niu
  • Elfdalian: niu
  • Old Swedish: nīo
    • Swedish: nio
  • Danish: ni
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ni
  • Gutnish: nei, neie, näiu, neiå