annarr

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Old Norse[edit]

Old Norse numbers (edit)
20[a], [b], [c], [d], [e]
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    Cardinal: tveir
    Ordinal: annarr
    Adverbial: tysvar, tvisvar, tvesor
    Multiplier: tvífaldr
    Distributive: tvennr
    Collective: báðir
    Fractional: halfr

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“second, other”). Cognate with Old English ōþer, Old Frisian ōther, Old Saxon ōthar, Old Dutch andar, ander, Old High German andar, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar).

Adjective[edit]

annarr (not comparable)

  1. other, another, second, next
  2. one of two
    ef annarr verðr sárr
    if one of the two is injured
    Stóðu þá upp hafrarnir, ok var þá annarr haltr eftra fæti.
    The he-goats then stood up, and one of the two was halt in the hindmost foot.

Declension[edit]

    Strong declension of annarr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative annarr ǫnnur annat
accusative annan aðra annat
dative ǫðrum annarri ǫðru
genitive annars annarrar annars
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative aðrir aðrar ǫnnur
accusative aðra aðrar ǫnnur
dative ǫðrum ǫðrum ǫðrum
genitive annarra annarra annarra

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: annar
  • Faroese: annar, aðrar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: annan
  • Jamtish: æðnen, ænnen
  • Old Swedish: annar
  • Danish: anden

References[edit]

  • “annarr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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