feower

== Middle English == === Numeral === feower (MS. Cotton Caligula A.ix) alternative form of four == Old English == === Alternative forms === fēwer, fēuor — Northumbrian fēowor, fēowur — West Saxon === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfe͜oː.wer/ === Numeral === fēower four ==== Usage notes ==== In Anglo-Saxon texts, this number was often written using the Roman numeral IIII. This numeral was sometimes inflected for case, but could also be indeclinable. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fēowerfeald ==== Related terms ==== fiþer- fēorþa ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: four, fore, foure, fower, fowr, feor, feouwer, feower (Laȝamon's Brut), fowwerr (Ormulum), faure, fawre (Northwest Midland), vour (Kent, West Midland)English: fourGeordie: fowerWest Riding: fowerScots: fowerYola: vour, voure, vowre