tölur Flashcards
fimm
five
sex
six
sjö
seven
átta
eight
níu
nine
tíu
ten
ellefu
11
tólf
twelve
þréttán
thirteen
fjórtán
fourteen
fimmtán
fifteen
sextán
sixteen
sautján
seventeen
átján
eighteen
nítján
nineteen
tuttugu
twenty
tuttugu og einn
twenty-one
tuttugu og tveir
twenty-two
þrjátíu
thirty
fjörutíu
fourty
fimmtíu
fifty
sextíu
sixty
sjötíu
seventy
áttatíu
eighty
níutíu
ninety
(eitt) hundrað
one hundred
(eitt) þúsund
one thousand
(ein) miljón
one million
general note on u-mutation sound changes
“a” when followed by “u” becomes “ö’ (when stressed) or ‘u’ (when unstressed). Thus saga means saga but ‘sögur’ means ‘sagas’; gamall ‘old’ (masculine nominative singular). Somtimes the ‘u’ has been lost, but its effects remain, as in ‘land’ meaning ‘land’ but ‘lönd’ means ‘lands’ (<*landu).