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Middle English

Numeral

feower

(MS. Cotton Caligula A.ix) alternative form of four

Old English

**Old English numbers ^(edit)**
	40
← 3	4	5 →
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/
Rhymes: -e͜oː.wer

Numeral

fēower

four
- 10th century, Christ III:
  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.

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

Declension of **fēower**
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fēowere, fēowre	fēowere, fēoweru, fēowre, fēowru
accusative	fēowere, fēowre	fēowere, fēoweru, fēowre, fēowru
genitive	fēowera, fēowra
dative	fēowerum, fēowrum

Derived terms

fēowerfeald

Related terms

Descendants

Middle English: four, fore, foure, fower, fowr, feor, feouwer, feower (Laȝamon's Brut), fowwerr (Ormulum), faure, fawre (Northwest Midland), vour (Kent, West Midland)
- English: four
  Geordie: fower
  West Riding: fower
- Scots: fower
- Yola: vour, voure, vowre

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