denoting ‘ten,’ forming the second element of the decade numerals from 20 to 90 (in OE. to 120), as twenty, thirty (OE. twentiʓ, þrítiʓ), etc. The OE. -tiʓ (gen. sing. -tiʓes, gen. pl. -tiʓa, -tiʓra, dat. pl. -tiʓum) corresponds to OFris. -tich, -tech (pl. -tiga, -tega), MDu. -tigh (Du. -tig), OS. -tig (-thig), -teg, -tich, -tech (MLG. and LG. -tig), OHG. -zug, -zuc, -zoch (MHG. -zec, -zic, G. -zig), and is the same as ON. tigr, tegr, tøgr, tugr (pl. tigir, etc.) and Goth. tigus (pl. tigjus), which are not suffixed but remain independent words, as ON. tveir tigir, Goth. twai tigjus, twenty. For examples of the OE. forms and syntactical usage, see the various numerals.
