fjórir tigir

Old Norse

cardinal number (tens)
40	Previous:	þrír tigir þrjátigi
40	Next:	fimm tigir fimtigi

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
masculine	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

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