feower
Old English
| 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/
Numeral
fēower
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 |