Old Danish

Alternative forms

• fæmtæn (Jutlandic)

Numeral

fǣmtān

1. (Scanian) 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.

Descendants

• Danish: femten

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.

Numeral

fǣmtān

1. fifteen

Descendants

• Swedish: femton