Old Norse edit

Old Norse numbers (edit)
20[a], [b], [c], [d], [e]
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    Cardinal: tveir
    Ordinal: annarr
    Adverbial: tysvar, tvisvar, tvesor
    Multiplier: tvífaldr
    Distributive: tvennr
    Collective: báðir
    Fractional: halfr

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (second, other). Cognate with Old English ōþer, Old Frisian ōther, Old Saxon ōthar, Old Dutch andar, ander, Old High German andar, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar).

Adjective edit

annarr (not comparable)

  1. other, another, second, next
  2. one of two
    ef annarr verðr sárr
    if one of the two is injured
    Stóðu þá upp hafrarnir, ok var þá annarr haltr eftra fæti.
    The he-goats then stood up, and one of the two was halt in the hindmost foot.

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: annar
  • Faroese: annar, aðrar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: annan
  • Jamtish: æðnen, ænnen
  • Old Swedish: annar
  • Danish: anden

References edit

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