feower

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

	40
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Cardinal: fēower     Ordinal: fēorþa     Age: fēowerwintre     Multiplier: fēowerfeald

Alternative forms

• fēwer, fēuor — Northumbrian
• fēowor, fēowur — West Saxon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe͜oː.wer/

Numeral

fēower

1. four

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

	singular	plural
nominative	—	fēower
accusative	—	fēower, fēowere
genitive	—	fēowera, fēowra
dative	—	fēowerum

Derived terms

• fēowerfeald

Related terms

• fiþer-
• fēorþa

Descendants

• Middle English: four, fore, feour, fower, fowwre, foure, fowr, vour
  • English: four
  • English: (West Yorkshire) fower
  • Geordie: fower
  • Scots: fower
  • Yola: vour, voure, vowre