tolf

See also: tólf

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tolf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Numeral

tolf

1. twelve

Descendants

• Danish: tolv

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: tolf, tólf, (older form) tvalf     Ordinal: tolfti, tólfti, (older form) tvalfti

Alternative forms

• tólf, tvalf

Etymology

From earlier tvalf (attested on the Rök stone), Proto-Germanic *twalif. A lengthened variant tólf is found in descendants Icelandic tólf and Faroese tólv.

Numeral

tolf

1. (cardinal number) twelve

Descendants

• Icelandic: tólf
• Faroese: tólv
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tolv; (dialectal) tølv, tøl, tóv, tælv
• Norwegian Bokmål: tolv
• Elfdalian: tolv
• Old Swedish: tolf
  • Swedish: tolv, (pre-1906 spelling) tolf
• Old Danish: tolf
  • Danish: tolv
  • Scanian: tølw
• Gutnish: tåll, tålv

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tolf”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tolf, Runic Swedish ᛐᚢᛆᛚᚠ (tualf), from Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Numeral

tolf

1. twelve

Descendants

• Swedish: tolv, (pre-1906 spelling) tolf