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§ 2₄7] Adjectives 115

and then to auhuma, aftuma_t and fruma new superlatives aúhumists (aúhmists), highest, aftumists, last, aftermost, frumists, first, were formed ; and similarly hindu-mists, hindmost, spēđumists, last, from *hlnđuma, *spē-duma.

NUMERALS.
i. Cardinals.

§247. The extant cardinal numerals are:—áins, one; twái, two; þrija (neut). three; fiđwðr, four; fimf, five; saíhs, six; sibun, seven ; ahtáu, eight; niun, nine ; taíhun, ten; *áinlif (but dat. áinlibim), eleven ; twalif (dat. twa-libim), twelve ; fiđwōrtaíhun, fourteen ; fimftaíhun, fifteen ; twái tigjus, twenty; *þreis tigjus (but ace. þrins tiguns), thirty; fidwōr tigjus, forty; fimf tigjus, fifty ; saíhs tig-jus, sixty; sibuntēhunđ, seventy; ahtáutēhunđ, eighty; niuntēhund (gen. niuntēhunđis), ninety; taíhuntēhund (taíhuntaíhund), hundred; twa huntja, two hundred; þrija hunda, three hundred; fimf hunda, five hundred; niun hunda, nine hundred; þūsundi, thousand; twos þūsundjōs, two thousand; "g· (= *þreis, see § 2) þūsundjōs, three thousand; fidwōr þūsundjōs, four thousand; fimf þūsundjōs, five thousand; and the datives miþ taíhun þūsundjōm, with ten thousand; miþ twáiin tigum þūsundjō, with twenty thousand. See § 2.

The final-η in sibun, niun. taíhun — prim. Germ.*seDun, older -urn, *newun (Indg. *newn with vocalic n), *tehun, older -um (§ 87), was either due to the inflected forms (§ 252) or else to the influence of the ordinals (§ 253) as in OS. and OHG. ^sáinlif and twalif originally meant something like (ten and] one left over, (ten and) two left over, cp. Lithuanian veníílíka, eleven, dvylika, twelve, &c., where Goth, -lif and Lith. -lika are from *liq-, the weak form of the Indg. root leiq-, to leave, and are ultimately related to Goth, leiluan, ίο lend, Gr. λείπω, Lat. linquō, / leave. The

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		§ 2₄7] Adjectives 115 and then to auhuma, aftuma_t and fruma new superlatives aúhumists (aúhmists), highest, aftumists, last, aftermost, frumists, first, were formed ; and similarly hindu-mists, hindmost, spēđumists, last, from hlnđuma, spē-duma. NUMERALS. i. Cardinals. §247. The extant cardinal numerals are:—áins, one; twái, two; þrija (neut). three; fiđwðr, four; fimf, five; saíhs, six; sibun, seven ; ahtáu, eight; niun, nine ; taíhun, ten; áinlif (but dat. áinlibim), eleven ;* twalif (dat. twa-libim), twelve ; fiđwōrtaíhun, fourteen ; fimftaíhun, fifteen ; twái tigjus, twenty; þreis tigjus (but ace. þrins tiguns), thirty;* fidwōr tigjus, forty; fimf tigjus, fifty ; saíhs tig-jus, sixty; sibuntēhunđ, seventy; ahtáutēhunđ, eighty; niuntēhund (gen. niuntēhunđis), ninety; taíhuntēhund (taíhuntaíhund), hundred; twa huntja, two hundred; þrija hunda, three hundred; fimf hunda, five hundred; niun hunda, nine hundred; þūsundi, thousand; twos þūsundjōs, two thousand; "g· (= þreis, see § 2) þūsundjōs, three thousand;* fidwōr þūsundjōs, four thousand; fimf þūsundjōs, five thousand; and the datives miþ taíhun þūsundjōm, with ten thousand; miþ twáiin tigum þūsundjō, with twenty thousand. See § 2. The final-η in sibun, niun. taíhun — prim. Germ.seDun, older -urn, newun (Indg. newn with vocalic n), tehun, older -um (§ 87), was either due to the inflected forms (§ 252) or else to the influence of the ordinals (§ 253) as in OS. and OHG. ^sáinlif and twalif originally meant something like (ten and] one left over, (ten and) two left over, cp. Lithuanian veníílíka, eleven, dvylika, twelve, &c., where Goth, -lif and Lith. -lika are from liq-, the weak form of the Indg. root leiq-, to leave,* and are ultimately related to Goth, leiluan, ίο lend, Gr. λείπω, Lat. linquō, / leave. The I 2