feorþa

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: fēower     Ordinal: fēorþa     Age: fēowerwintre     Multiplier: fēowerfeald

Alternative forms

• fēorða, fēowerþa

Etymology

From earlier fēowerþa, from the cardinal numeral fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō. Compare Old Frisian fiārda, Old Saxon fiortho, Old High German fiordo, Old Norse fjórði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe͜oːr.θɑ/, [ˈfe͜oːrˠ.ðɑ]

Numeral

fēorþa

1. fourth

Adjective

fēorþa

1. fourth

Declension

Declension of fēorþa — Weak only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fēorþa	fēorþe	fēorþe
Accusative	fēorþan	fēorþan	fēorþe
Genitive	fēorþan	fēorþan	fēorþan
Dative	fēorþan	fēorþan	fēorþan
Instrumental	fēorþan	fēorþan	fēorþan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fēorþan	fēorþan	fēorþan
Accusative	fēorþan	fēorþan	fēorþan
Genitive	fēorþra, fēorþena	fēorþra, fēorþena	fēorþra, fēorþena
Dative	fēorþum	fēorþum	fēorþum
Instrumental	fēorþum	fēorþum	fēorþum

Descendants

• Middle English: feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe, ferthe, fourthe, ferþe, fourþe, feurþe, fourte, ferth, fferth, fourth, fourt, verþe, firþe, firthe, fuyrthe; feorþe, veorðe, feorðe, forðe; IIII^th
  • English: fourth
  • Scots: fourt
  • Yola: vourthe