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substantival.
alone.
as a neuter sing. with adj. inflections(?)
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  • Þǽr wearð Somnita and Gallia feówertig M (=þúsenda?

    but cf. Past. 409, 9 below for a number taken as singular ),

    • Ors. 3, 10
      • ;
    • S. 138, 14
      • .

  • Bið feórtiges cæmpena ðrowung,

    • Shrn. 61, 27
      • .

  • Ꝥ fæsten þyses feówertiges daga,

    • Bl. H. 35, 5, 30
      • .

  • On þyssum feówertigum (or pl.?) nihta,

    • 35, 17
      • .

  • Daga feówertigum (dagum feórtih, L.)

    diebus quadraginta,

    • Lk. R. 4, 2
      • .

  • Féuortig daga and feówertig næhta,

    • Mt. L. 4, 2
      • .

  • Feóertig daga and feórtig næhta,

    • Mk. L. 1, 13
      • .

  • Zmb feówer hunde wintra and ymb feówertig,

    • Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 20
      • .

  • Þis feówertig daga on forhæfdnesse lifgean,

    • Bl. H. 35, 9
      • .

  • Ꝥ feówertig wintra,

    • 79, 4
      • .
as plural
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  • Hí ealle feówertig ætforan him stódon,

    • Hml. S. 11, 55
      • .

  • Gif þǽr beóð gemétte feówertig rihtwísra,

    • Gen. 18, 29
      • .

  • Him eódon on hand feówertig burga,

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 198, 1
      • .

  • Wæs hé feówertiga (feówertigra, v. l.) sum

    viri, ut ferunt, ferme XL,

    • Bd. 1, 25
      • ;
    • Sch. 52, 10
      • .

  • Hé wæs wunigende betwux him þás feówertig daga,

    • Hml. Th. i. 296, 21
      • .
combined with units, and the number treated
as singular
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  • Þá beóð eahta and feówertiges elna lange,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 18, 6
      • .
as plural
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  • Gif þǽr beóð fíf and feówertig rihtwísra,

    • Gen. 18, 28
      • .

  • Þǽr wǽron twá hund and eahta and feówertig wera and nigon and feówertig wífa,

    • Bl. H. 239, 14
      • .
the forty days of Lent
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  • On þám þrím feówertigum

    per tres quadragesimas,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 228, 13
      • .
adjectival
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  • Ðone sang ðe nán mon elles singan ne mæg búton ðæt hun[d]teóntig and feówertig and feówer ðúsendo,

    • Past. 409, 9
      • .

  • Feówertigra daga fyrst,

    • Hml. Th. i. 28, 6.

  • Æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs v hunde wintrum and feówertigum,

    • Ors. 4, 9
      • ;
    • S. 188, 30
      • .
used as ordinal:
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  • On þone feówertegan dæg ofer midne winter,

    • Chr. 763; P. 50, 16.
used in forming ordinals
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  • Sé wæs feórða eác feówertigum fram Agusto

    loco ab Augusto quadragesimo quarto,

    • Bd. 1, 11
      • ;
    • Sch. 30, 15
      • .

  • Fífta eác feówertigum,

    • 1, 13
      • ;
    • Sch. 36, 9
      • .

  • Syxta eác feówertigum,

    • 1, 15
      • ;
    • Sch. 40, 15
      • .

  • Ꝥ gér wæs fram Crístes hidercyme ꝥ sixte eác feówertigum,

    • 1, 3
      • ;
    • Sch. 15, 12
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “feówertig.” 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/44822.

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