tolf

See also: tólf

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tolf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Numeral

tolf

  1. twelve

Descendants

  • Danish: tolv

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
 ←  11 12 13  → 
    Cardinal: tolf, tólf, (older form) tvalf
    Ordinal: tolfti, tólfti, (older form) tvalfti

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier tvalf (attested on the Rök stone), Proto-Germanic *twalif. A lengthened variant tólf is found in descendants Icelandic tólf and Faroese tólv.

Numeral

tolf

  1. (cardinal number) twelve

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tólf
  • Faroese: tólv
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tolv; (dialectal) tølv, tøl, tóv, tælv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tolv
  • Elfdalian: tolv
  • Old Swedish: tolf
  • Old Danish: tolf
    • Danish: tolv
    • Scanian: tølw
  • Gutnish: tåll, tålv

Further reading

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

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tolf, Runic Swedish ᛐᚢᛆᛚᚠ (tualf), from Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Numeral

tolf

  1. twelve

Descendants

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