tólf

See also: tolf

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tólf     Ordinal : tólfti

Etymology

From Old Norse tólf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif. Compare Faroese tólv, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish tolv.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oulv

Numeral

tólf

1. twelve; the cardinal number after ellefu (“eleven”) and before þrettán (“thirteen”).

Derived terms

• klukkan tólf

Related terms

• (ordinal form) tólfti m, tólfta f or n

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: tolf, tólf, (older form) tvalf     Ordinal: tolfti, tólfti, (older form) tvalfti

Alternative forms

• tvalf, tolf

Etymology

Lengthened form of tolf, from earlier tvalf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif. Compare Old Saxon twēlif, Old English twelf, Old Frisian twelif, Old High German zwelif, Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆 (twalif).

Numeral

tólf

1. (cardinal number) twelve

Descendants

• Icelandic: tólf
• Faroese: tólv