FEÓWER
- noun
- numeral
- adjective
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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.
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Feówer síðon
four times;
quāter,- Ælfc. Gr. 38 ;
- Som. 40, 67.
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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.
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Hwæt beóþ ða feówere fǽges rápas
what are the four ropes of the doomed man?
- Salm. Kmbl. 663 ;
- Sal. 331: 667 ;
- Sal. 333.
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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.
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Feówra sum
one of four,
- L. Wih. 19 ;
- Th. i. 40, 17: 21 ;
- Th. i. 40, 21.
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Of ðisum feówer bócum
of these four books,
- Ælfc. T. 27, 17.
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From feówerum foldan sceátum
from the four corners of the world,
- Exon. 20 b ;
- Th. 55, 5 ;
- Cri. 879: Menol. Fox 419 ;
- Men. 211.
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Embe feówér wucan
after four weeks,
- 30 ;
- Men. 15: 313 ;
- Men. 158.
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Ic sette feówer béc
I composed four books,
- Bd. 5, 24 ;
- S. 647, 37.
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Sylle feówer scép for án
restĭtuet quătuor ŏves pro ūna ŏve,
- Ex. 22, 1: Jn. Bos. 19, 23.
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Seó hæfde feówere fét under wombe
it had four feet under its belly,
- Exon. 109 b ;
- Th. 418, 10 ;
- Rä. 37, 3.
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/10472.
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