áttján

Old Norse

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

Etymology

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

    Numeral

    áttján

    1. (cardinal number, older form) alternative form of átján: eighteen

    Further reading

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