feowertigfeald

Meaning

1. fortyfold

   Witodlīċe þis fēowertiġfealde fæsten wæs āsteald on ðǣre Ealdan Gėcȳðnysse, ðāðā sē heretoga Moyses fæste fēowertiġ daga and fēowertiġ nihta tosamne, tō þȳ þæt hē moste Godes ǣ underfōn.

   Truly, this fortyfold fast was established in the Old Testament, where the leader Moses fasted for forty days and forty nights, so that he could be allowed to receive God's law.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension