- féowerða
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Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
féowerða
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féower — num four; four times; ordinal féorða; indecl. before a noun, but when in place of a noun, has genitive féowera/ féowra, dative féowerum … Old to modern English dictionary
féower- — variant of fiðer … Old to modern English dictionary
feower — four … The Old English to English
four — feower … English to the Old English
Four — (f[=o]r), a. [OE. four, fower, feower, AS. fe[ o]wer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel. fj[=o]rir, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidw[=o]r, Russ. chetuire, chetvero, W. pedwar, L. quatuor, Gr. te ttares, te ssares, pi syres, Skr.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
firkin — noun Etymology: Middle English, ultimately from Middle Dutch veerdel fourth, from veer four; akin to Old English fēower more at four Date: 14th century 1. a small wooden vessel or cask 2. any of various British units of capacity usually equal to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
forty — noun (plural forties) Etymology: Middle English fourty, adjective, from Old English fēowertig, from fēowertig group of 40, from fēower four + tig group of 10; akin to Old English tīen ten Date: before 12th century 1. see number table 2. plural… … New Collegiate Dictionary
four — noun Etymology: Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor, Greek tessares, tettares Date: before 12th century 1. see number table 2. the fourth in a set or series < the four of … New Collegiate Dictionary
fourfold — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fēowerfeald, from fēower + feald fold Date: before 12th century 1. being four times as great or as many 2. having four units or members • fourfold adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
fourteen — noun Etymology: Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertīene, from fēowertīene, adjective, from fēower + tīene; akin to Old English tīen ten Date: before 12th century see number table • fourteen adjective • fourteen pronoun, plural in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
