1 en 2 tver 3 trir 4 fyre 5 fimm 6 seks 7 sjø 8 åtta 9 nie 10 tie 11 ellive 12 tolv ... 20 tuttu (Ork.)
No. 20 is only found iside Ork. Norn, therefore I would suggest *tjugu or *tjuo as the Nynorn "standard" (how much I hate this word), based on Far. tjúgu, Nor. tjue and Swed. tjugo.
Also, when counting, the neutral forms of 1, 2 and 3 are found, for example, in Far. and Ice. too, so that ett, tvø and tru should be used in the very same way.
Concerning tens 30 ~ 90, I suggest: 30 *triati 40 *før(u)ti 50 *fim(m)ti 60 *seksti 70 *sjøt(t)i 80 *ått(at)i 90 *nieti
as well as *hundrað (100), *tusund (1000) and so on.
To form the other numbers, we shouldn't stick to the main scandinavian (mainly danish-imposed) to write units in front of tens, then moving on the "purer" and easier opposite way, with or without the separator og: 21 *tjugu en 32 *triati tver 43 *føruti trir 54 *fimmti fyre 65 *seksti fimm 76 *sjøtti seks 87 *åttati sjø 98 *nieti åtta and so on...
_________________ en so mykid j Hiatlande ad segs skillingar ok XL hrentadi leigan a huerium tolf manadum... ok þar til oll ol gogn sidan fyrir vttan kannur ok diska ok potta ok onnur elld gogn er hon mintisk ei huorsu morg voru (Húsavíkarbrøvini, 1403)
|