How to count in Old English / Anglo-Saxon (Ænglisc), an ancestor of modern English that was spoken in England from about the 5th to the 11th century.
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| Numeral | Cardinal (hēafodġetalu) |
Ordinal (endebyrdlīcu ġetalu) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (i) | ān [ɑːn] | forma [ˈforˠ.mɑ] |
| 2 (ii) | twēġen [ˈtweː.jen] | ōþer [ˈoː.ðer] |
| 3 (iii) | þrī [θriː] | þridda [ˈθrid.dɑ] |
| 4 (iv) | fēower [ˈfe͜oː.wer] | fēorþa [ˈfe͜oːrˠ.ðɑ] |
| 5 (v) | fīf [fiːf] | fīfta [ˈfiːf.tɑ] |
| 6 (vi) | siex [si͜yks] | siexta [ˈsi͜yks.tɑ] |
| 7 (vii) | seofon [ˈse͜o.von] | seofoþa [ˈse͜o.vo.θɑ] |
| 8 (viii) | eahta [ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑ] | eahtoþa [ˈæ͜ɑx.to.θɑ] |
| 9 (ix) | nigon [ˈni.ɣon] | nigoþa [ˈni.ɣo.θɑ] |
| 10 (x) | tīen [ti͜yːn] | tēoþa [ˈte͜oː.ðɑ] |
| 11 (xi) | endleofan [ˈendˌle͜o.vɑn] | endlefta [ˈendˌlef.tɑ] |
| 12 (xii) | twelf [tweɫf] | twelfta [ˈtweɫf.tɑ] |
| 13 (xiii) | þrēotīene [ˈθre͜oːˌti͜yː.ne] | þrēottēoþa [ˈθre͜oːtˌte͜oː.ðɑ] |
| 14 (xiv) | fēowertīene [ˈfe͜oː.werˌti͜yː.ne] | fēowertēoþa [ˈfe͜oː.werˌte͜oː.ðɑ] |
| 15 (xv) | fīftīene [ˈfiːfˌti͜yː.ne] | fīftēoþa [ˈfiːfˌte͜oː.ðɑ] |
| 16 (xvi) | siextīene [ˈsi͜yksˌti͜yː.ne] | siextēoþa [ˈsi͜yksˌte͜oː.ðɑ] |
| 17 (xvii) | seofontīene [ˈse͜o.vonˌti͜yː.ne] | seofontēoþa [ˈse͜o.vonˌte͜oː.ðɑ] |
| 18 (xviii) | eahtatīene [ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑˌti͜yː.ne] | eahtatēoþa [ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑˌte͜oː.ðɑ] |
| 19 (xix) | nigontīene [ˈni.ɣonˌti͜yː.ne] | nigontēoþa [ˈni.ɣonˌte͜oː.ðɑ] |
| 20 (xx) | twēntiġ [ˈtweːn.tij] | twēntigoþa [ˈtweːn.ti.ɣo.θɑ] |
| 21 (xxi) | ān and twentig | ān and twentigoþa |
| 22 (xxii) | twā and twēntiġ | twā and twēntigoþa |
| 23 (xxiii) | þrēo and twēntiġ | þrēo and twēntigoþa |
| 24 (xxiv) | fēower and twēntiġ | fēower and twēntigoþa |
| 25 (xxv) | fīf and twēntiġ | fīf and twēntigoþa |
| 26 (xxvi) | siex and twēntiġ | siex and twēntigoþa |
| 27 (xxvii) | seofon and twēntiġ | seofon and twēntigoþa |
| 28 (xxviii) | eahta and twēntiġ | eahta and twēntigoþa |
| 29 (xxix) | nigon and twēntiġ | nigon and twēntigoþa |
| 30 (xxx) | þrītiġ [ˈθriː.tij] | þrītigoþa |
| 40 (xl) | fēowertiġ [ˈfe͜oː.werˠ.tij] | fēowertigoþa |
| 50 (l) | fīftiġ [ˈfiːf.tij] | fīftigoþa |
| 60 (lx) | siextiġ [ˈsi͜yks.tij] | siextigoþa |
| 70 (lxx) | hundseofontiġ [hundˈse͜o.von.tij] | hundseofontigoþa |
| 80 (lxxx) | hundeahtatiġ [hundˈæ͜ɑx.tɑ.tij] | hundeahtatigoþa |
| 90 (xc) | hundnigontiġ [hundˈni.ɣon.tij] | hundnigontigoþa |
| 100 (c) | hund, hundred, hundtēontiġ | hundtēontigoþa |
| 1000 (m) | þūsend [ˈθuː.zend] |
Sources
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Old_English_numerals
https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C7%A3dia:Tutorial_on_Old_English
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Module:number_list/data/ang
https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Old_English/Numbers
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