tíræður
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== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology ===
From tí- (“ten”) + -ræður (denoting quantity, age).
=== Adjective ===
tíræður (not comparable)
one hundred years old; one hundred, centenarian
one hundred fathoms tall/deep/long/across/etc. (which is one hundred of a unit)
one hundred, one century (composed of ten tens)
==== Usage notes ====
Also used as a noun in the neuter singular, e.g. vera um tírætt (“be about one hundred”), hafa tvo um tírætt (“be one hundred and two”).
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
ræður
sjöræður
áttræður
níræður
tólfræður
==== See also ====
tugur
tvítugur
þrítugur
fertugur
fimmtugur
sextugur
sjötugur
nítugur
==== References ====
Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “tíræður”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
“tíræður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)