fæmtan
Old Danish
Alternative forms
- fæmtæn (Jutlandic)
Etymology
From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.
Numeral
fǣmtān
- (Scania) fifteen
- c. 1250, "Hælga brøth søkia af", Scanian Ecclesiastical Law, chapter 12.
- […] ath øngre manne æn fæmtan wintra gamal.
- […] by a man younger than fifteen winters.
- c. 1250, "Hælga brøth søkia af", Scanian Ecclesiastical Law, chapter 12.
Descendants
- Danish: femten
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.
Descendants
- Swedish: femton
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