fæmtan

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Old Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.

Numeral

fǣmtān

  1. (Scania) fifteen
    • c. 1250, "Hælga brøth søkia af", Scanian Ecclesiastical Law, chapter 12.
      [] ath øngre manne æn fæmtan wintra gamal.
      by a man younger than fifteen winters.

Descendants

  • Danish: femten

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.

Numeral

fǣmtān

  1. fifteen

Descendants