áttræður

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From átta (“eight”) +‎ -ræður (denoting quantity, age). === Adjective === áttræður (not comparable) eighty years old eighty fathoms tall/deep/long/across/etc. (which is eighty of a unit) ==== Usage notes ==== Also used as a noun in the neuter singular, e.g. vera um áttrætt (“be about eighty”), hafa tvo um áttrætt (“be eighty-two”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ræður sjöræður níræður tíræður tólfræður ==== See also ==== tugur tvítugur þrítugur fertugur fimmtugur sextugur sjötugur nítugur ==== References ==== Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “áttræður”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “áttræður”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “áttræður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) “áttræður”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024