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FEÓWER

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÓWER, feówere; nom. acc; gen. feówera, feówra; dat. feówerum:

FOURquătuor

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Of ðisum feówer bócum of these four books, Ælfc. T. 27, 17. From feówerum foldan sceátum from the four corners of the world, Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 5; Cri. 879: Menol. Fox 419; Men. 211. Embe feówér wucan after four weeks, 30; Men. 15: 313; Men. 158.

feówer

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Féuoer dǽlo, 19, 23. with pronoun or indef. numeral adj.: Sume feówer cyninges þegnas, Chr. 896; P. 89, 7. Þá feówer onwealdas þára feówer heáfedríca, Ors. 6, l; S. 252, 3. Ðá feówer hringas on ðám feówer hyrnum, Past. 171, 3.

feówer-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-nihte, adj.
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Four days old Hit wæs on feówornihtne (feówer nihta ealdne, v. l.) mónan in luna quarto, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 564, 2, 5

feówer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
feówer-gild, l. feówer-gilde.
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In the passage the word might be taken as the case of a noun, or as an adverb

feówer-fót

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-fót, feówer-fóte; adj.

Four-footed

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Four-footed Feówerfóttra nýtena (feóworfótra neátna, v. l.) þone teóþan dǽl decimam quadrupedum partem, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 532, 21

feówer-fóted

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-fóted, feówer-fótede; adj.

Four-footed

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Four-footed [Mid feówerfóted nýtene, Hml. A. 177, 246.]

feówer-féte

(adj.)
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feówer-féte, fiówer-féte, fiér-féte, fiðer-féte, fyðer-féte, -fóte, -fótte; adj.

Four-footedquadrŭpes

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Four-footed; quadrŭpes Se ælmihtiga God eallum mancinne forgeaf ða feówerfétan deór the almighty God gave to all mankind the four-footed beasts, Ælfc. T. 8, 26. Ǽlces cynnes feówerfétes feós án one of each kind of four-footed cattle, Ors. 2, 4; Bos.

-fóted

(suffix)
Grammar
-fóted, -fótede. v. feówer, horn-, þri-, wóh-fóted[e].

feówer-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówer-feald, adj.

FOURFOLDquadruplus

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FOURFOLD; quadruplus Gif ic ǽnigne bereáfode, ic hit be feówerfealdum agyfe si quid ălĭquem defraudāvi, reddo quadruplum, Lk. Bos. 19, 8

feówer-fealdan

(v.)

to make fourfoldquadruplĭcāre

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to make fourfold; quadruplĭcāre, Som. Ben. Lye

feówer-ecgede

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-ecgede, adj.

Four-edged

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Four-edged Heó hafaþ feówerecgedne stelan, Lch. i. 290, 19

Linked entry: fiþer-ecgede

feówer-hweohlode

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-hweohlode, adj.

Four-wheeled

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Four-wheeled Fýrhweohlodum (or fýr < fyþer) crætum quadrigis, Nap. 80

feówer-féte

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-fótte,' and 'Eádbyrht . . . feówer*-*scýte,' add:

feówer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
feówer-gild, es; n.

A fourfold payment or compensationquadruplex compensātio

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A fourfold payment or compensation; quadruplex compensātio Ǽlc tíhtbýsig man gilde feówergilde let every man of bad repute pay with fourfold compensation, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 10

feówer-scýte

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-scýte, fyðer-scýte, fiðer-scýte, -scíte, feðer-scíte, -scitte, -scette; adj. [sceát, a corner]

Four-corneredquadrangularsquarequadrangŭlusquadrātus

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Four-cornered, quadrangular, square; quadrangŭlus, quadrātus Seó burh is feówerscýte the city is quadrangular, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 21

feówer-dógor

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-dógor, adj.
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Lasting four days Feówerdógor (feóerdóger, L.) quadriduanus, Jn. R. 11, 39

Linked entry: fiþer-dógor

feówer-ecge

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-ecge, adj.

Four-edged

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Four-edged Heó of hyre manega bógas ásendeþ and þá lange and feówerecge, Lch. i. 306, 7

feówer-feald

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Mid feówerfealdum quaterno, An. Ox. 1542. Feárfald quadruplum, Lk. L. 19, 8. Add

feówer-fealdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
feówer-fealdlíce, adv.

Quadruply

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Quadruply Ꝥ ic forgylde feówerfealdlíce id reddo quadruplum, Ll. Th. ii. 136, 9: 232, 22: Bl. H. 11, 8

feówer-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-wintre, adj.
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Four years old Feówerwintre quadrimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 287, 19