sekstan

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Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : sekstan

Etymology

From Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Numeral

sekstan

  1. sixteen, cardinal number after fimtan and before seytjan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sextán.

Pronunciation

Numeral

sekstan

  1. (High Norwegian) Alternative form of seksten

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