fjórir tigir

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  30	40	50  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e]
	4
Cardinal: fjórir tigir, fjórutigi     Ordinal: fertugandi, fertugundi

Alternative forms

• fjórutigi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”).

Numeral

fjórir tigir m pl

1. (cardinal number, 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