"sextán" meaning in Old Norse

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Numeral

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Compare Old Saxon sehstein, Old Frisian sextīne, Old English sixtīene, Old High German sehszehan. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*sehstehun}} Proto-Germanic *sehstehun, {{cog|osx|sehstein}} Old Saxon sehstein, {{cog|ofs|sextīne}} Old Frisian sextīne, {{cog|ang|sixtīene}} Old English sixtīene, {{cog|goh|sehszehan}} Old High German sehszehan Head templates: {{head|non|numeral}} sextán
  1. (cardinal number) sixteen Tags: cardinal, numeral
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "sextán"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "sekstan"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "seksten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "seksten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "sexton"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "seksten"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sehstehun"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "sehstein"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon sehstein",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "sextīne"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian sextīne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sixtīene"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sixtīene",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "sehszehan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German sehszehan",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Compare Old Saxon sehstein, Old Frisian sextīne, Old English sixtīene, Old High German sehszehan.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "numeral"
      },
      "expansion": "sextán",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse cardinal numbers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Six",
          "orig": "non:Six",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sixteen"
      ],
      "id": "en-sextán-non-num-8s40H9qm",
      "links": [
        [
          "cardinal number",
          "cardinal number"
        ],
        [
          "sixteen",
          "sixteen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cardinal number) sixteen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "cardinal",
        "numeral"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sextán"
}
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "sextán"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "sekstan"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "seksten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "seksten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "sexton"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "seksten"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sehstehun"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sehstehun",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "sehstein"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon sehstein",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "sextīne"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian sextīne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sixtīene"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sixtīene",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "sehszehan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German sehszehan",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Compare Old Saxon sehstein, Old Frisian sextīne, Old English sixtīene, Old High German sehszehan.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "numeral"
      },
      "expansion": "sextán",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse cardinal numbers",
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse numerals",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "non:Six"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sixteen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cardinal number",
          "cardinal number"
        ],
        [
          "sixteen",
          "sixteen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cardinal number) sixteen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "cardinal",
        "numeral"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sextán"
}

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