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Old Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.
Numeral
fǣmtān
- (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
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.
Numeral
fǣmtān
- fifteen
Descendants