Old English · adjective
feorþa
Normalised fēorþa
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈfe͜oːr.θɑ/[ˈfe͜oːrˠ.ðɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈfe͜oːr · θɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- fourth
feorþa1 · adjective
Senses
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fourth
Fēorða wæs Rǣdwold Ēastengla cyning: fīfta Ēadwine Norðanhymbra cyning, sē hæfde rīċe ofer ealle Breotone buton Contwarum ānum. Fourth was Rædwald, king of East Anglia; fifth was Eadwine, king of Northumbria, who reigned over all of Britain except Kent alone.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | fēorþa | fēorþe | fēorþe |
| Accusative | fēorþan | fēorþan | fēorþe |
| Genitive | fēorþan | fēorþan | fēorþan |
| Dative | fēorþan | fēorþan | fēorþan |
| Instrumental | fēorþan | fēorþan | fēorþan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | fēorþan | fēorþan | fēorþan |
| Accusative | fēorþan | fēorþan | fēorþan |
| Genitive | fēorþrafēorþena | fēorþrafēorþena | fēorþrafēorþena |
| Dative | fēorþum | fēorþum | fēorþum |
| Instrumental | fēorþum | fēorþum | fēorþum |
feorþa2 · numeral
Senses
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fourth
All forms (6)
Etymology
From earlier fēowerþa, from the cardinal numeral fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō. Compare Old Frisian fiārda, Old Saxon fiortho, Old High German fiordo, Old Norse fjórði.
Descendants
fourth
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