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FEÓWER

  • noun
  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
FEÓWER, feówere; nom. acc; gen. feówera, feówra; dat. feówerum:
Wright's OE grammar
§237; §295; §447;
Sometimes used indecl. FOUR; quătuor
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  • Wurdon feówer cyninges þegnas ofslægene

    four king's thanes were slain,

    • Chr. 896
    • ;
    • Erl, 94, 4: Cd. 75
    • ;
    • Th. 93, 16
    • ;
    • Gen. 1546: Ælfc. T. 25, 19, 20.
  • Feówer síðon

    four times;

    quāter,
    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
    • ;
    • Som. 40, 67.
  • Felamódigra feówer scoldon geferian to ðæm goldsele Grendles heáfod

    four of those much daring ones must convey Grendel's head to the gold-hall,

    • Beo. Th. 3279
    • ;
    • B. 1637.
  • Hwæt beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas

    what are the four ropes of the doomed man?

    • Salm. Kmbl. 663
    • ;
    • Sal. 331: 667
    • ;
    • Sal. 333.
  • Þrittig wæs and feówere feores onsóhte wígena cynnes

    there were thirty-four of the race of men bereft of life,

    • Exon. 75 b
    • ;
    • Th. 283, 12
    • ;
    • Jul. 679.
  • Feówra sum

    one of four,

    • L. Wih. 19
    • ;
    • Th. i. 40, 17: 21
    • ;
    • Th. i. 40, 21.
  • Of ðisum feówer bócum

    of these four books,

    • Ælfc. T. 27, 17.
  • From feówerum foldan sceátum

    from the four corners of the world,

    • Exon. 20 b
    • ;
    • Th. 55, 5
    • ;
    • Cri. 879: Menol. Fox 419
    • ;
    • Men. 211.
  • Embe feówér wucan

    after four weeks,

    • 30
    • ;
    • Men. 15: 313
    • ;
    • Men. 158.
  • Ic sette feówer béc

    I composed four books,

    • Bd. 5, 24
    • ;
    • S. 647, 37.
  • Sylle feówer scép for án

    restĭtuet quătuor ŏves pro ūna ŏve,

    • Ex. 22, 1: Jn. Bos. 19, 23.
  • Seó hæfde feówere fét under wombe

    it had four feet under its belly,

    • Exon. 109 b
    • ;
    • Th. 418, 10
    • ;
    • Rä. 37, 3.
Etymology
[
Wyc. foure
:
Laym. feour, feouwer, feowere, feor, fower, four
:
Orm. fowwerr, fowwre
:
Plat. veer
:
O. Sax. fiwar, fiuwar, fior
:
Frs. fjouver
:
O. Frs. fiuwer, fiower, fior
:
Dut. Ger. M. H. Ger. vier
:
O. H. Ger. fior
:
Goth. fidwor
:
Dan. fire
:
Swed. fyre
:
Icel. fjórir
:
Lat. quătuor
:
Grk. τέσσαρεs; Æolic πίσυρεs
:
Wel. pedwar
:
Lith. keturì
:
Sansk. ćatur, ćatvāras
.]
Linked entries
v.  fiér fówer fyðer- feowðer fíf.
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  • FEÓWER, n.; num.; adj.