feower

Middle English

Numeral

feower

  1. (MS. Cotton Caligula A.ix) alternative form of four

Old English

Old English numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: fēower
    Ordinal: fēorþa
    Age: fēowerwintre
    Multiplier: fēowerfeald

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈfe͜oː.wer/
    • Rhymes: -e͜oː.wer

    Numeral

    fēower

    1. four
      • 10th century, Christ III:
        Þonne from fēowerum foldan sċēatum, þām ȳtemestum eorþan rīċes, englas ælbeorhte on efen blāwað bȳman on brehtme.
        Then from the four corners of the world, from the outmost of Earth’s kingdom, all-bright angels will blow together on trumpets in one song.

    Usage notes

    • In Anglo-Saxon texts, this number was often written using the Roman numeral IIII.
    • This numeral was sometimes inflected for case, but could also be indeclinable.

    Declension

    Declension of fēower
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative fēowere, fēowre fēowere, fēoweru, fēowre, fēowru
    accusative
    genitive fēowera, fēowra
    dative fēowerum, fēowrum

    Derived terms

    Descendants

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