English edit

Numeral edit

thre

  1. Obsolete spelling of three

Noun edit

thre

  1. Obsolete spelling of three

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Middle English edit

Middle English numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: thre
    Ordinal: thridde
    Adverbial: thrie, thries
    Multiplier: threfold
    Distributive: threfold

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Etymology edit

From Old English þrīe, þrī, þrēo, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

thre

  1. three
    • c. 1225, “Introduction”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎[1], Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folios 6, verso – 7, recto; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:
      Almihti godd· feader· ſune· hali gaſt· aſ ȝe beoð ϸreo an godd: alſƿa ȝe beoð an mihte· an ƿiſdom· ⁊ an luue []
      Almighty God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as both three and one, while being one Might, one Wisdom, and one Love []

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: three
  • Scots: three, threi, shrei, hrei
  • Yola: dhree, dhrie, dree

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Old Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse þrír.

Numeral edit

thre

  1. three

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Old Frisian edit

Old Frisian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : thrē

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ. Cognates include Old English þrī and Old Saxon thrīe.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

thrē m

  1. three

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Descendants edit

References edit

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 68

Welsh edit

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Noun edit

thre

  1. Aspirate mutation of tre.