Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

feówer

Dictionary links
Wright's OE grammar
§237; §295; §447;
Add:
adjectival.
uninflected
Show examples

  • Wáron feówer (feór, L.) þúsend manna,

    • Mt. 15, 38
      • .

  • Bisen féwer nétna

    similitudo quattuor animalium,

    • p. 9, 10
      • .

  • Gesceapen of feówer gesceaftum,

    • Bl. H. 35, 12
      • .

  • From féwer (feówre, R.) windum,

    • Mt. L. 24, 31
      • .

  • Féwor streámas,

    • p. 8, 5.

  • Féuor dagas,

    • Jn. L. 11, 17
      • .

  • Féuoer dǽlo,

    • 19, 23.
with pronoun or indef. numeral adj.:
Show examples

  • Sume feówer cyninges þegnas,

    • Chr. 896
      • ;
    • P. 89, 7
      • .

  • Þá feówer onwealdas þára feówer heáfedríca,

    • Ors. 6, l
      • ;
    • S. 252, 3
      • .

  • Ðá feówer hringas on ðám feówer hyrnum,

    • Past. 171, 3
      • .

  • Þá lára þára feówer godspellera,

    • Bl. H. 35, 11
      • .

  • Æt þissum feówer endum,

    • 95, 13
      • .

  • Þá feówer (feówðer, MS.) worðias,

    • C. D. iv. 171, 7
      • .

  • Þá feówer gesceafta,

    • Bt. 39, 8
      • ;
    • F. 224, 8
      • .
combined with a multiple of ten:
Show examples

  • Bituih ðǽm feóer and feórtigum and hund' ðúsenda

    inter illa CXLIIII milia,

    • Rtl. 104, 12
      • .
as part of an ordinal:
Show examples

  • On þissum feówer and feówertigoban sealme,

    • Ps. Th. 44, arg.

  • Þysne feówer and twéntigoðan sealm,

    • 24, arg.: 34, arg.
inflected,
Similar entries
cf. II. 1 a
Show examples

  • Féuero móneðo sint,

    • Jn. L. 4, 35.

  • Wǽron feówere forð gewitene dagas,

    • Gú. 1107
      • .

  • Þín seáð bið twégea cubita wíd and feówra lang,

    • Nar. 50, 29
      • .

  • Mid feówrum gesceaftum,

    • Angl. viii. 299, 19
      • .

  • Féwere hwommas and hringas haefis

    quattuor angulos et anulos habet,

    • Mt. p. 8, 5
      • .

  • Bifora feóro nétno

    ante quatuor animalia,

    • Rtl. 47, 28.
with a pronoun:
Show examples

  • Ðás féwera godspelles

    haec quattuor evangelia,

    • Mt. p. 9, 8.
as multiplicative,
four times:
Show examples

  • Se earma man wile drincan feówer swá feala swá his neád wǽre,

    • Hml. A. 145, 29
      • .
substantival.
inflected
Show examples

  • Hannibal oþfleáh feówera sum

    Annibal cum quatuor equitibus confugit,

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 202, 16
      • .

  • Gange hé feówra sum tó, and beó him sylffífta,

    • Ll. Th. i. 286, 18
      • .

  • Hé from feówrum wæs geboren,

    • Mk. L. R. 2, 3.
in apposition to a noun.
Similar entries
Cf. I. 2 and sum II. 2
Show examples

  • Þá feáwa þe ic secge ic ongæt æt feówrum his gingrum (æt his feówer gingrum, v. l.)

    pauca quae narro quatuor discipulis illius referentibus agnovi,

    • Gr. D. 96, 4.
with a pronoun:
Show examples

  • Eádfrið and Æðilwald and Billfrið and Aldréd, ðás feówero ymb woeson ðás bóc,

    • Mk. p. 1, 3.
uninflected
Show examples

  • Þára sint feówer þe þá þegnunge beweotigaþ,

    • El. 744.

  • Tódǽlan on feówer,

    • Angl. viii. 306, 30
      • .
with a pronoun or indef. numeral adj.
Show examples

  • Hé him wegas tǽcneð feówer eallum,

    • Rä. 52, 7
      • .

  • Wyl ealle feówer on buteran,

    • Lch. ii. 128, 8
      • .
with a multiple of ten
Show examples

  • Weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða,

      Shrn. 63, 29.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “feówer.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/44809.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • feówer,

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.