feorþa

• fēorða, fēowerþa

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.

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

fēorþa

1. fourth

fēorþa

1. fourth
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Fēorða wæs Rǣdwold Ēastengla cyning: fīfta Ēadwine Norðanhymbra cyning, sē hæfde rīċe ofer ealle Breotone buton Contwarum ānum.

     Fourth was Rædwald, king of East Anglia; fifth was Eadwine, king of Northumbria, who reigned over all of Britain except Kent alone.

• 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