"fjórir" meaning in Old Norse

See fjórir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. The elder form with -ð- is still visible in the name of Fjaðryndaland (Old Swedish Fiæþrundaland). Proto-Germanic intervocalic d was pronounced ð. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*fedwōr}} Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, {{der|non|ine-pro|*kʷetwóres}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres, {{cog|gmq-osw|Fiæþrundaland|Fiæþrundaland}} Old Swedish Fiæþrundaland Head templates: {{head|non|numeral}} fjórir Inflection templates: {{non-decl-num|fjórir|fjórar|fjǫgur|fjóra|fjórum, fjǫgurum|fjǫgurra}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjórir}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjórar}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjǫgur}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjóra}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjórar}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjǫgur}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjórum, fjǫgurum}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjórum, fjǫgurum}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjórum, fjǫgurum}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjǫgurra}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjǫgurra}}, {{non-decl-cell|fjǫgurra}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fjórir [masculine, nominative, plural], fjórar [feminine, nominative, plural], fjǫgur [neuter, nominative, plural], fjóra [accusative, masculine, plural], fjórar [accusative, feminine, plural], fjǫgur [accusative, neuter, plural], fjórum [dative, masculine, plural], fjǫgurum [dative, masculine, plural], fjórum [dative, feminine, plural], fjǫgurum [dative, feminine, plural], fjórum [dative, neuter, plural], fjǫgurum [dative, neuter, plural], fjǫgurra [genitive, masculine, plural], fjǫgurra [feminine, genitive, plural], fjǫgurra [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. (cardinal number) four Tags: cardinal, numeral Categories (topical): Old Norse cardinal numbers

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "fjórir"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: fjórir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: fjórir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "fýra"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: fýra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: fýra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrn",
            "2": "fyre"
          },
          "expansion": "Norn: fyre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norn: fyre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "fjore"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: fjore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: fjore (archaic, Høgnorsk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ovd",
            "2": "fyra"
          },
          "expansion": "Elfdalian: fyra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Elfdalian: fyra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "fiurir",
            "3": "fiuri",
            "4": "fyrir",
            "5": "fyri",
            "alt": "fiūrir",
            "alt2": "fiūri",
            "alt3": "fȳrir",
            "alt4": "fȳri"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: fiūrir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: fiūrir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "fyra"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: fyra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: fyra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "fiuræ",
            "3": "fiughræ",
            "4": "fyræ",
            "5": "firæ",
            "alt": "fiūræ",
            "alt2": "fiūghræ",
            "alt3": "fȳræ"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: fiūræ, fiūghræ, fȳræ, firæ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: fiūræ, fiūghræ, fȳræ, firæ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "fire"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: fire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: fire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "fire"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: fire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: fire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "fire",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: fire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: fire"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷetwóres"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "Fiæþrundaland",
        "3": "Fiæþrundaland"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-num",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjóra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "numeral"
      },
      "expansion": "fjórir",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórir",
        "2": "fjórar",
        "3": "fjǫgur",
        "4": "fjóra",
        "5": "fjórum, fjǫgurum",
        "6": "fjǫgurra"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórir"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórar"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjǫgur"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjóra"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórar"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjǫgur"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórum, fjǫgurum"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórum, fjǫgurum"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórum, fjǫgurum"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjǫgurra"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fjǫgurra"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjǫgurra"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Old Norse cardinal numbers",
          "parents": [
            "Cardinal numbers",
            "Numbers",
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to the four cardinal points",
          "text": "fjögurra vegna"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "four"
      ],
      "id": "en-fjórir-non-num-BO-vCA9a",
      "links": [
        [
          "cardinal number",
          "cardinal number"
        ],
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cardinal number) four"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "cardinal",
        "numeral"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fjórir"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "fjórir"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: fjórir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: fjórir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "fýra"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: fýra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: fýra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrn",
            "2": "fyre"
          },
          "expansion": "Norn: fyre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norn: fyre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "fjore"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: fjore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: fjore (archaic, Høgnorsk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ovd",
            "2": "fyra"
          },
          "expansion": "Elfdalian: fyra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Elfdalian: fyra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "fiurir",
            "3": "fiuri",
            "4": "fyrir",
            "5": "fyri",
            "alt": "fiūrir",
            "alt2": "fiūri",
            "alt3": "fȳrir",
            "alt4": "fȳri"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: fiūrir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: fiūrir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "fyra"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: fyra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: fyra"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "fiuræ",
            "3": "fiughræ",
            "4": "fyræ",
            "5": "firæ",
            "alt": "fiūræ",
            "alt2": "fiūghræ",
            "alt3": "fȳræ"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: fiūræ, fiūghræ, fȳræ, firæ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: fiūræ, fiūghræ, fȳræ, firæ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "fire"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: fire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: fire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "fire"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: fire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: fire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "fire",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: fire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: fire"
    }
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórar",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjórum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fjǫgurra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "numeral"
      },
      "expansion": "fjórir",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórir",
        "2": "fjórar",
        "3": "fjǫgur",
        "4": "fjóra",
        "5": "fjórum, fjǫgurum",
        "6": "fjǫgurra"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-num"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórir"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórar"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjǫgur"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjóra"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórar"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjǫgur"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórum, fjǫgurum"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórum, fjǫgurum"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjórum, fjǫgurum"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjǫgurra"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjǫgurra"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fjǫgurra"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse cardinal numbers",
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse links with redundant target parameters",
        "Old Norse numerals",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to the four cardinal points",
          "text": "fjögurra vegna"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "four"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cardinal number",
          "cardinal number"
        ],
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cardinal number) four"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "cardinal",
        "numeral"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fjórir"
}

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