thrie
See also: þrie
Middle English edit
[a], [b] ← 2 | 3 | |
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Cardinal: thre Ordinal: thridde Adverbial: thrie, thries Multiplier: threfold Distributive: threfold |
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English þreowa, from Proto-West Germanic *þriwō; compare twie.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
thrie
- three times
- Synonym: thries
- c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39)[1], folio 34, recto, lines 36-37; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:
- Stille þou be peter. Wel i þe icnowe. / þou wolt fur ſake me þrien. ar þe coc him crowe.
- "Quiet now, Peter. I know you well; / You'll forsake me three times when the cock crows."
References edit
- “thrī(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Numeral edit
thrie
- Alternative form of thre
Old Saxon edit
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
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Cardinal : thrie | ||
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
thrīe
Declension edit
Declension of thrīe
Masculine | Neuter | Feminine | |
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nominative | thrīe, thrīa | thrīu | thrīe, thrīa |
accusative | thrīe, thrīa | thrīu | thrīe, thrīa |
genitive | thrīo, thrīero | thrīo, thrīero | thrīo, thrīero |
dative | thrīm | thrīm | thrīm |
Descendants edit
- Low German: dree