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Here are the cardinal and ordinal numbers from one to twenty:

Cardinal Translation Ordinal Translation
ān one forma first
tƿeġen/beġen, tƿā/bā, tū/bū two ōþer second
þrīe, þrēo three þridda third
fēoƿer four fēorþa fourth
fīf five fifta fifth
six six sixta sixth
seofon seven seofoþa seventh
eahta eight eahtoþa eighth
nigon nine nigoþa ninth
tīen ten tēoþa tenth, tithe
endleofan eleven endlyfta eleventh
tƿelf twelve tƿelfta twelfth
þrēotīen thirteen þrēotēoþa thirteenth
fēoƿertīen fourteen fēoƿertēoþa fourteenth
fīftīen fifteen fīftēoþa fifteenth
sixtīen sixteen sixtēoþa sixteenth
seofontīen seventeen seofontēoþe seventeenth
eahtatīen eighteen eahtatēoþa eighteenth
nigontīen nineteen nogontēoþa nineteenth
tƿēntiġ twenty tƿēntiġoþa twnetieth

Note that:

All ordinal numbers are declined like weak adjectives, except ōþer, which is always declined like a strong adjective.

One, when declined like a strong adjective, means one, but when it is declined like a weak adjective it means alone.

There are two words for two: tweġen and beġen; tweġen in the forefather of the Modern English "two" and beġen is related to the Modern English "both".

Here the the declensions for tweġen/twā/tū ("two") and þrīe/þrēo ("three"), both being declined irregularly:

Masc. Neut Fem.
Nom. tƿeġen/beġen tƿā/tū tƿā
Acc. tƿeġen/beġen tƿā/tū tƿā
Gen. tƿeġra/beġra tƿeġra/beġra tƿeġra/beġra
Dat. tƿǣm/bǣm tƿǣm/bǣm tƿǣm/bǣm


Masc. Neut. Fem.
Nom. þrīe þrēo þrēo
Acc. þrīe þrēo þrēo
Gen. þrēora þrēora þrēora
Dat. þrǣm þrǣm þrǣm
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