tíundi

See also: tiundi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tíundi, from Proto-Germanic *tehundô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʰiːjʏntɪ/
Rhymes: -iːjʏntɪ

Adjective

tíundi (weak only, not comparable)

tenth

Declension

Positive forms of *tíundi* (weak-only)
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tíundi	tíunda	tíunda
	acc/dat/gen	tíunda	tíundu	tíunda
	plural (all-case)	tíundu

Old Norse

**Old Norse numbers ^(edit)**
← 1	^{[a], [b]} ← 9	10	11 → ^{[a], [b]}	20 → ^{[a], [b], [c], [d], [e]}
		1
Cardinal: tíu Ordinal: tíundi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tehundô (“tenth”).

Adjective

tíundi (not comparable)

(ordinal number) tenth

Declension

Declension of *tíundi* (weak)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tíundi	tíunda	tíunda
accusative	tíunda	tíundu	tíunda
dative	tíunda	tíundu	tíunda
genitive	tíunda	tíundu	tíunda

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tíundu	tíundu	tíundu
accusative	tíundu	tíundu	tíundu
dative	tíundum	tíundum	tíundum
genitive	tíundu	tíundu	tíundu

Derived terms

tíund f (“tithe”)

Descendants

Icelandic: tíundi
Faroese: tíggjundi
Norwegian Nynorsk: tiande, tionde
Swedish: tionde
Old Danish: tiændæ, tindæ
- Danish: tiende
- Norwegian Bokmål: tiende

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tíundi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 438; also available at the Internet Archive