tíundi

See also: tiundi

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers ^(edit)

		100
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: tíu     Ordinal: tíundi     Ordinal abbreviation: 10.

Etymology

From Old Norse tíundi, from Proto-Germanic *tehundô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʰiːjʏntɪ]
• Rhymes: -iːjʏntɪ

Adjective

tíundi (weak only, not comparable)

1. tenth

Declension

Positive forms of tíundi (weak-only)

weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tíundi	tíunda	tíunda
	acc/dat/gen	tíunda	tíundu
	plural (all-case)	tíundu

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

←  1	[a], [b] ←  9	10	11  → [a], [b]	20  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e]
		1
Cardinal: tíu     Ordinal: tíundi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tehundô (“tenth”).

Adjective

tíundi (not comparable)

1. (ordinal number) tenth

Declension

Declension of tíundi (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tíundi	tíunda	tíunda
accusative	tíunda	tíundu	tíunda
dative	tíunda	tíundu	tíunda
genitive	tíunda	tíundu	tíunda
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tíundu	tíundu	tíundu
accusative	tíundu	tíundu	tíundu
dative	tíundum	tíundum	tíundum
genitive	tíundu	tíundu	tíundu

Derived terms

• tíund f (“tithe”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: tíundi
• Faroese: tíggjundi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tiande, tionde
• Swedish: tionde
• Old Danish: tiændæ, tindæ
  • Danish: tiende
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tiende

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “tíundi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 438; also available at the Internet Archive