fjórir tigir
Old Norse
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Alternative forms
- fjórutigi
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”).
Numeral
fjórir tigir m pl (ordinal fertugandi or fertugundi)
- (cardinal, with genitive) forty
Declension
Declension of fjórir tigir (strong u-stem, indefinite plural only)
| masculine | plural |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | fjórir tigir |
| accusative | fjóra tigu |
| dative | fjórum tigum |
| genitive | fjǫgurra tiga |
Descendants
- Icelandic: fjörutíu
- Faroese: fjøruti
- Norwegian Nynorsk: førti
- Norwegian Bokmål: førti
- Old Swedish: fiūratighi
- Swedish: fyrtio
- Danish: fyrre
- → Norwegian Bokmål: førr