thre
Middle English
30 | ||
[a], [b] ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
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Cardinal: thre Ordinal: thridde Adverbial: thrie, thries Multiplier: threfold Distributive: threfold |
Etymology
From Old English þrīe, þrī, þrēo, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθreː/, /ˈθriː/
- Rhymes: -eː
Numeral
thre
- three
- c. 1225, “Introduction”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402), 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 […]
References
- “thrẹ̄, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Frisian
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
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Cardinal : thrē | ||
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ. Cognates include Old English þrī and Old Saxon thrīe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθreː/
Declension
Descendants
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 68
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