Numbers in Old Norse (Dǫnsk tunga), a North Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia, the British Isles, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and other places where Vikiings settled until the 15th century.
Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine, n = neuter
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| Cardinal | Ordinal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | einn (m) ein (f) eitt (n) | fyrsti |
| 2 | tveir (m) tvær (f) tvau (n) | annarr (m) ǫnnur (f) annat (n) |
| 3 | þrír (m) þrjár (f) þrjú (n) | þriði |
| 4 | fjórir (m) fjórar (f) fjǫgur (n) | fjórði |
| 5 | fimm | fim(m)ti |
| 6 | sex | sétti |
| 7 | sjau | sjaundi |
| 8 | átta | átti |
| 9 | níu, nío | níundi |
| 10 | tíu | tíundi |
| 11 | ellifu | ellipti |
| 12 | tólf | tólþti |
| 13 | þrettán | þrettándi |
| 14 | fjórtán | fjórtándi |
| 15 | fim(m)tán | fim(m)tándi |
| 16 | sextán | sextándi |
| 17 | sjautján | sjautjándi |
| 18 | átján | átjándi |
| 19 | nítján | nítjándi |
| 20 | tuttugu | tuttugandi |
| 21 | tuttugu ok einn einn ok tuttugu |
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| 22 | tuttugu ok tveir tveir ok tuttugu |
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| 23 | tuttugu ok þrír þrír ok tuttugu |
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| 24 | tuttugu ok fjórir fjórir ok tuttugu |
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| 25 | tuttugu ok fimm fimm ok tuttugu |
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| 26 | tuttugu ok sex sex ok tuttugu |
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| 27 | tuttugu ok sjau sjau ok tuttugu |
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| 28 | tuttugu ok átta átta ok tuttugu |
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| 29 | tuttugu ok níu niu ok tuttugu |
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| 30 | þrír tigir | þritugandi |
| 40 | fjórir tigir | fertugandi |
| 50 | fimm tigir | fim(m)tugandi |
| 60 | sex tigir | sextugandi |
| 70 | sjau tigir | sjautugandi |
| 80 | átta tigir | áttatugandi |
| 90 | níu tigir | nítugandi |
| 100 | tíu tigir | títugandi |
| 110 | ellifu tigir | ellifutugandi |
| 120 | hundrað | |
| 240 | tvau hundrað | |
| 1,200 | þúsund |
A video about Old Norse numbers and counting:
Numbers in Old Norse (and other Germanic languages)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Norn/ainaz
http://vikinganswerlady.com/numeric-reckoning.shtml
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Old_Norse/Numerals
https://www.vikingsofbjornstad.com/Old_Norse_Dictionary_E2N.shtm
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