Show borrowed anglo saxon words besides bridegroom Anglo Saxo Saxons ns owe tho the word sord twelve and their method ol of reckoning in dozens instead of tens to norway the people of 0 norway and iceland had a way of reckoning which made ten equal twelve by tho the addition ol of the word whence the english word atwelle corresponding to the swedish dusan when the word dozen the ten meant twelve the tol fraelle hundred meant a hundred and twenty and so on this probably also explains the mediaeval media eval method of C counting six score to the hundred |