ferthe

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Middle English

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Middle English numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: four
    Ordinal: ferthe

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa; equivalent to and often remodelled after four +‎ -the (ordinal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛːrθ(ə)/, /ˈfɛrθ(ə)/, /ˈfiu̯rθ(ə)/, /ˈfɔu̯rθ(ə)/, /-t(ə)/, /-ð(ə)/

Adjective

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ferthe

  1. fourth
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[1], published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:7, page 118v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      ⁊ þe firſte beeſte .· liyk a lioun / ⁊ þe ſecounde beeſte .· lijk a calf / ⁊ þe þꝛidde beeſte .· hauynge a face as of a man / ⁊ þe fourþe beeſte .· liyk an egle fleynge
      And the first beast [was] like a lion; and the second beast [was] like a calf; and the third beast had a face like a human; and the fourth beast [was] like an eagle flying.
    • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wife of Bath's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 451–452:
      Swiche manere wordes hadde we on honde / Now wol I ſpeken of my fourthe houſbonde.
      Those kinds of words we had on hand / Now I'll speak of my fourth husband.

Descendants

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  • English: fourth
  • Scots: fourt
  • Yola: vourthe

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Noun

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ferthe

  1. One of four equal parts of a whole; a fourth.

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