fjórtán

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
 ←  13 14 15  → 
    Cardinal: fjórtán
    Ordinal: fjórtándi
    Ordinal abbreviation: 14.
    Fractional: fjórtándi

Etymology

From Old Norse fjórtán, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun.

Numeral

fjórtán (indeclinable)

  1. fourteen

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
 ←  13 14 15  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: fjórtán, fjúrtán, fjǫgurtán
    Ordinal: fjórtándi

Alternative forms

  • fjúrtán, fjǫgurtán

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Compare Old Saxon fiuwartein, Old Frisian fiūwertīne, Old English feowertīene, Old High German fiorzehan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fidwortaihun).

Numeral

fjórtán

  1. (cardinal number) fourteen

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fjórtán
  • Faroese: fjúrtan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjorten
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjorten
  • Old Swedish: fiughurtan, fiughertān
  • Old Danish: fiughærtæn

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fjórtán”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 139; also available at the Internet Archive
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