Note (to [§§ 141]-145). The numerals ar very often denoted by letters (cp. [§ 1], n. 2). Therefore so many words for numerals ar wanting.
2. ORDINALS.
§ [146]. The first two ordinals differ in point of stem from the corresponding cardinals. 1. m. fruma, n. frumô, f. frumei (s. [§ 139]), and the superl. frumists, first ([§ 139], n. 1). 2. anþar, second, other, inflects like a strong adj. ([§ 122], n. 1; [§ 124], ns. 1. 4).—All subsequent ordinals ar derived from the cardinals and inflect like weak adjectivs ([§ 132], n. 3). The extant ordinals ar: þridja, 3d; *fimfta (only in 15th), fifth; saíhsta, 6th; ahtuda, 8th; niunda, 9th; taíhunda, tenth; fimftataíhunda, 15th. Only the second component is declined: dat. sg. (in jêra) fimftataíhundin; Lu. III, 1.
3. OTHER NUMERALS.
§ [147]. A distributiv numeral is tweihnai, two apiece, two-and-two, extant in the dat. f. tweihnaim and acc. f. tweihnôs.
Note. All other distributivs ar exprest by means of the cardinals along with ƕazuh, ƕarjizuh ([§§ 164]. [165]) or the prep. bi; as (insandida ins) twans ƕanzuh, two and two; Lu. X, 1; bi twans; I. Cor. XIV, 27.
§ [148]. Multiplicativs ar formd by means of the adj. falþ-: ainfalþs, onefold; fidurfalþs, fourfold; taíhuntaíhund-falþs, hundredfold; managfalþs, manifold.
§ [149]. Numeral adverbs answering the question 'how many times', 'how often'? ar exprest by the dat. sg. sinþa or by the dat. pl. sinþam (nom. sg. sinþs, time, lit. 'a going') preceded by the cardinals: ainamma sinþa, onse; twaim sinþam, twice; þrim sinþam, thrice; fimf s., five times; sibun s., seven times.—With an ordinal numeral: anþaramma sinþa, a second time.
Note. Also the n. þridjô, a third time, is uzed adverbially (II. Cor. XII, 14).