þrettán

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Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
 ←  12 13 14  → 
    Cardinal: þrettán
    Ordinal: þrettándi
    Ordinal abbreviation: 13.
    Fractional: þrettándi

Etymology

From Old Norse þrettán, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun.

Pronunciation

Numeral

þrettán (indeclinable)

  1. thirteen
    Það eru þrettán jólasveinar í íslenskum þjóðsögum.
    There are thirteen Yule Lads in the Icelandic legends.

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
, ,  ←  12 13 14  → , ,
    Cardinal: þrettán
    Ordinal: þrettándi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þritehun. Compare Old Saxon thriutein, Old Frisian thretīne, Old English þreotīene, Old High German drīzehan.

Numeral

þrettán

  1. (cardinal number) thirteen

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