fimtán

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c] ←  14	15	16  →
Cardinal: fimmtán, fimtán     Ordinal: fimmtándi, fimtándi

Alternative forms

• fimmtán

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Compare Old Saxon fīftein, Old Frisian fīftīne, Old English fīftīene, Old High German fimfzehan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fimftaihun).

Numeral

fimtán

1. (cardinal number) fifteen

Descendants

• Icelandic: fimmtán
• Faroese: fimtan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: femten
• Norwegian Bokmål: femten
• Swedish: femton
• Danish: femten

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fimtán”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 136; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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