fjórtán

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Icelandic

**Icelandic cardinal numbers**
< 13	14	15 >
Cardinal : fjórtán Ordinal : fjórtándi

Etymology

From Old Norse fjórtán, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun.

Numeral

fjórtán

fourteen; the cardinal number after þrettán and before fimmtán.

Related terms

(ordinal form) fjórtándi m, fjórtánda f or n.

Old Norse

**Old Norse numbers ^(edit)**
← 13	14	15 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: fjórtán, fjúrtán, fjǫgurtán Ordinal: fjórtándi

Alternative forms

fjúrtán, fjǫgurtán

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Compare Old Saxon fiuwartein, Old Frisian fiūwertīne, Old English feowertīene, Old High German fiorzehan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fidwortaihun).

Numeral

fjórtán

(cardinal number) fourteen

Descendants

Icelandic: fjórtán
Faroese: fjúrtan
Norwegian Bokmål: fjorten
Norwegian Nynorsk: fjorten
Old Swedish: fiughurtan, fiughertān
- Swedish: fjorton
Danish: fjorten

References

fjórtán in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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