Old English · numeral
feower
- Part of speech
- numeral
- IPA
- /ˈfe͜oː.wer/
- Syllables
- ˈfe͜oː · wer (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- four
Meaning
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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
All forms (8)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Descendants
four
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