𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂

Gothic

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Cardinal: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr)     Multiplier: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognate to Old English fēower and Crimean Gothic fyder, and Koine Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), which it translates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸid.woːr/, [ˈɸið.woːr]

Numeral

𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 • (fidwōr)

2. four (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 11.17:

     𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍄 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰.

     qimands þan iēsus bigat ina juþan fidwōr dagans habandan in hlaiwa.

     Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 2.37:

     𐍃𐍉𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 <𐍃𐍅𐌴> 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌴 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂, 𐍃𐍉𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌼 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼.

     sōh þan widuwō <𐍃𐍅𐌴> jērē ahtautēhund jah fidwōr, sōh ni afiddja fairra alh fastubnjam jah bidōm blōtandē fraujan nahtam jah dagam.

     And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 2.3:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐍄 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐌹𐌼.

     jah qēmun at imma usliþan bairandans, hafanana fram fidwōrim.

     And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. (KJV)

Declension

• Dative: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐌹𐌼 (fidwōrim)

Derived terms

• 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (fidwōr tigjus, “forty”)
• 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (fidwōr þūsundjōs, “four thousand”)
• 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (ahtautēhund jah fidwōr, “eighty-four”)

Related terms

• 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂- (fidur-, “four, quadri-”)
• 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fidwōrtaihun, “fourteen”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “F45. fidwor”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 113–114
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 34