átján

See also: átjan

Icelandic

Alternative forms

áttján (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Norse átján, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with the Swedish arton, Danish atten, English eighteen and German achtzehn.

Numeral

átján

eighteen; the cardinal number after sautján and before nítján.

Derived terms

einn af átján
nú tekur átján yfir, nú kastar átján yfir
sjá upp á átján augum

Related terms

(ordinal form) átjándi m, átjánda f or n

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Compare Old English eahtatīene, Old High German ahtozehan, Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (ahtautaihun).

Numeral

átján

eighteen

Descendants

Danish: atten
Faroese: átjan
Icelandic: átján

Norwegian: atten (Bokmål), atten (Nynorsk)
Swedish: arton, aderton

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