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Old English · numeral

feower

Part of speech
numeral
IPA
/ˈfe͜oː.wer/
Syllables
ˈfe͜oː · wer (2 syllables)
Modern English
four

Meaning

  1. four

    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.

    10th century, Christ III:

Inflection

Inflection of feower
Form
Nominative masculine fēowerefēowre
Nominative feminine fēowerefēowerufēowrefēowru
Accusative feminine fēowerefēowerufēowrefēowru
Genitive fēowerafēowra
Dative fēowerumfēowrum

All forms (8)

Etymology

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

Descendants

four

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