áttatigir

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  70 80 90  → [a], [b]
8
    Cardinal: átta tigir, áttatigi, áttatigir, áttatíu
    Ordinal: áttatugundi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From átta (“eight”) +‎ tigir (“amounts of ten”).

Numeral

áttatigir m pl

  1. (cardinal number) eighty [with genitive ‘of something’]
    áttatigir manna eru á skipi mínu

Declension

Declension of áttatigir (strong u-stem, indefinite plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite
nominative áttatigir
accusative áttatigu
dative áttatigum
genitive áttatiga

Descendants

  • Icelandic: áttatíu
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åtti
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åtti
  • Swedish: åttio
  • Old Danish: attetigh

Further reading

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