thrie

See also: þrie

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  2	3
Cardinal: thre     Ordinal: thridde     Adverbial: thrie, thries     Multiplier: threfold     Distributive: threfold

Etymology 1

From Old English þreowa, from Proto-West Germanic *þriwō; compare twie.

Alternative forms

• thri, thry, thrye, þreie, þrie, þrye
• ðrywa, þriȝæ, þriȝe (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθriː(ə)/

Adverb

thrie

1. three times

   Synonym: thries

   • c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39), 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

• “thrī(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Numeral

thrie

1. Alternative form of thre

Old Saxon

Old Saxon cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : thrie

Alternative forms

• thrū - neuter nominative
• threa - masculine, feminine, nominative

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θri͜yː/

Numeral

thrīe

1. three

Declension

Declension of thrīe

	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	thrīe, thrīa	thrīu	thrīe, thrīa
accusative	thrīe, thrīa	thrīu	thrīe, thrīa
genitive	thrīo, thrīero	thrīo, thrīero	thrīo, thrīero
dative	thrīm	thrīm	thrīm

Descendants

• Low German: dree