ellifu

Old Norse
Old Norse numbers (edit)
 ←  10 11 12  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: ellifu
    Ordinal: ellipti, ellifti

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainalif. Compare Old Saxon ellevan, Old English endleofan, Old Frisian andlova, Old High German einlif, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐍆 (ainlif).

Numeral

ellifu

  1. (cardinal number) eleven

Descendants
  • Icelandic: ellefu
  • Faroese: ellivu
  • Norwegian: elleve
  • Jamtish: elluv
  • Elfdalian: ellåv
  • Old Swedish: ællivu, ællivo, ællevo, ælleve, ælleva, ællovo, ællova
    • Swedish: elva, (archaic or dialectal) ellova
  • Danish: elleve
  • Gutnish: elve, elvå, elvu

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