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feórþing

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feórþling

(n.)
Grammar
feórþling, es; m: feórþung, e; f. in Anglo-Saxon; but m. in Northumb. v.

A fourth part of a thing ⬩ FARTHING ⬩ quadrans

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last example. A fourth part of a thing, FARTHING; quadrans Ðes feórþling oððe feórþa [MS. feórþan] dǽl þinges hic quadrans, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 37; Som. 12, 35. Ǽr ðú agylde ðone ýtemestan feórþling [MS. feórþlingc] dōnec reddas nŏvissĭmum quadrantem, Mt. Bos

Linked entries: feórþung fyðerling fýrþling

feórþung

(n.)
Grammar
feórþung, e; f.

A quarter ⬩ farthing

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A quarter, fourth part, farthing Feórþung peninges quadrans, Mk. L. R. 12, 42. Feórðung quadrantem, Mt. L. 5, 26. Feórðungas twoege (feórð ł án feorðungc, L.) minuta duo, Lk. R. 21, 2. Substitute:

feórþung

(n.)
Grammar
feórþung, e; f: but in Northumb. m.

A fourth part ⬩ a farthing

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A fourth part, a farthing, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 42

Linked entry: feórþing

feórþling

(n.)
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Quadrans ys fýrðling, Angl. viii. 306, 29. Oþ þæt gé cumon tó ánum feórðlincge until you are brought to your last farthing, Hml. Th. i. 268, 1. Sum earm wydewe næfde ealra ǽhta búton ǽnne feórðling, ii. 106, 9. Ǽr ðan þe ðú forgelde þone endenéxtan feórðling

feorting

(n.)
Grammar
feorting, e; f.

Crĕpĭtus ventris

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Crĕpĭtus ventris Feorting pēdātio, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 64; Wrt. Voc. 46, 22

feording

(n.)

military service

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military service, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 2, note 6

feórþan-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
feórþan-dǽl, es; m.

a fourth

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A fourth part, a fourth Ðes feórðling oððe feórðandǽl ðinges hic quadrans, Ælf. Gr. Z. 61, 6. Quadrans ys fýrðling oððe feórðandǽl; ǽlc þǽra þinga þe man mæg tódǽlan on feówer on emne se feórðandǽl byð quadrans gecíged, Angl. viii. 306, 28-30. Ǽr þon

Linked entries: dǽl feórþa

feórþan-dǽl

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On feówer feórþandǽlas tódǽlde per quadra quatuor partiti, Gr. D. 87, 4. In l. 5 after 30 add: cf. Se feórða dǽl byð quadrans gecíged, 335, 24. Add

feórþa

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feórþa, feówerþa; seó, ðæt feórþe, feówerþe; adj.

The FOURTH ⬩ quartus

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The FOURTH; quartus 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

Linked entries: feówerþa feówrþa fiórþa

feórþa

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Add: ordinal Ðe feárða quartum, Mt. p. 10, 5. Cuóm feórþe healf hund scipa, Chr. 851; P. 64, 16. Wæs xxxiii wintra and þæs feórþan dǽl þæt hé lífes wegas tácnode for 33 years and part of the thirty-fourth he pointed out the ways of life, Bl. H. 129,

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