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feórþa

  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
feórþa, feówerþa; seó, ðæt feórþe, feówerþe; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§447;
The FOURTH; quartus
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  • Wæs geworden ǽfen and mergen se feórþa dæg

    the evening and morning were the fourth day,

    • Gen. 1, 19.

  • Seó feórþe eá ys geháten Eufrates

    flŭvius quartus ipse est Euphrātes,

    • 2, 14.

  • Hér bóc Boéties onginþ seó feórþe

    here begins the fourth book of Boethius,

    • Bt. 35, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 170, 24: 40, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 240, 9.

  • Ðæt feórþe cyn

    the fourth tribe,

    • Cd. 158
      • ;
    • Th. 197, 20
      • ;
    • Exod. 310.

  • Feórþan dǽles ríca

    a ruler of a fourth part, tetrarch; tetrarcha,

    • Lk. Bos. 3, 1.

  • On ðære feórþan mǽgþe

    generātiŏne quarta,

    • Gen. 15, 16.

  • Com se Hǽlend embe ðone feórþan hancréd to him

    Iēsus quarta vĭgĭlia noctis vēnt ad eos,

    • Mt. Bos. 14, 25.

  • Ða folctogan feórþan síðe æðeling lǽddon to ðam carcerne

    the leaders of the people led the noble to the dungeon the fourth time,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2915
      • ;
    • An. 1460.
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v.  feówerþa feówrþa fiórþa.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “feórþa.” 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/10456.

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  • feórþa, num.; adj.

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