átján
See also: átjan
Icelandic
Alternative forms
- áttján (archaic)
Etymology
From Old Norse átján, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with the Swedish arton, Danish atten, English eighteen and German achtzehn.
Numeral
átján
- eighteen; the cardinal number after sautján and before nítján.
Derived terms
- einn af átján
- nú tekur átján yfir, nú kastar átján yfir
- sjá upp á átján augum
Related terms
- (ordinal form) átjándi m, átjánda f or n
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Compare Old English eahtatīene, Old High German ahtozehan, Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (ahtautaihun).
Numeral
átján
- eighteen
Descendants
- Danish: atten
- Faroese: átjan
- Icelandic: átján
- Norwegian: atten (Bokmål), atten (Nynorsk)
- Swedish: arton, aderton