ellefu

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Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ellefu
    Ordinal : ellefti

Etymology

From Old Norse ellifu, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Compare Faroese ellivu, Norwegian and Danish elleve, Swedish elva.

Pronunciation

Numeral

ellefu

  1. eleven; the cardinal number after tíu (ten) and before tólf (twelve).

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