fjórir tigir

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  30 40 50  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e]
4
    Cardinal: fjórir tigir, fjórutigi
    Ordinal: fertugandi, fertugundi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”).

Numeral

fjórir tigir m pl

  1. (cardinal number) forty [with genitive ‘of something’]

Declension

Declension of fjórir tigir (strong u-stem, indefinite plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite
nominative fjórir tigir
accusative fjóra tigu
dative fjórum tigum
genitive fjǫgurra tiga

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fjörutíu
  • Faroese: fjøruti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: førti
  • Norwegian Bokmål: førti
  • Old Swedish: fiūratighi
  • Old Danish: fjuretigh
    • Danish: fyrre
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: førr
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