fjórtán

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Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
 ←  13 14 15  → 
    Cardinal: fjórtán
    Ordinal: fjórtándi
    Ordinal abbreviation: 14.
    Fractional: fjórtándi

Etymology

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

Numeral

fjórtán

  1. fourteen

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
 ←  13 14 15  → ,
    Cardinal: fjórtán, fjúrtán, fjǫgurtán
    Ordinal: fjórtándi

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Numeral

fjórtán

  1. (cardinal number) fourteen

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