átján

See also: átjan

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
 ←  17 18 19  → 
    Cardinal: átján
    Ordinal: átjándi
    Ordinal abbreviation: 18.
    Fractional: átjándi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse átján, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with the Swedish arton, Danish atten, English eighteen and German achtzehn.

Numeral

átján (indeclinable)

  1. eighteen

Derived terms

  • einn af átján
  • nú tekur átján yfir, nú kastar átján yfir
  • sjá upp á átján augum

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  17 18 19  → 
    Cardinal: átján, (older form) áttján
    Ordinal: átjándi, (older form) áttjándi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Compare Old English eahtatīene, Old High German ahtozehan.

Numeral

átján

  1. (cardinal number) eighteen

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “átján”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39; also available at the Internet Archive