tolf

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See also: tólf

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tolf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Numeral

tolf

  1. twelve

Descendants

  • Danish: tolv

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
 ←  11 12 13  → 
    Cardinal: tolf, tólf, (older form) tvalf
    Ordinal: tolfti, tólfti, (older form) tvalfti

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier tvalf (attested on the Rök stone), Proto-Germanic *twalif. A lengthened variant tólf is found in descendants Icelandic tólf and Faroese tólv.

Numeral

tolf

  1. (cardinal number) twelve

Descendants

References

  • “tolf”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tolf, Runic Swedish ᛐᚢᛆᛚᚠ (tualf), from Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Numeral

tolf

  1. twelve

Descendants

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