thritty

Middle English

**Middle English numbers ^(edit)**
← 20	30	40 →
	3
Cardinal: thritty Ordinal: thrittithe

Alternative forms

thirtie, thriti, thritte, thrittie, þritiȝ

Etymology

From Old English þritiġ; equivalent to thre +‎ -ty.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθritiː/, /ˈθriːtiː/

Numeral

thritty

thirty
- c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39)‎, folio 34, recto, lines 3-4; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:
  Iudaſ þou moſt to iurſelem oure mete foꝛ to bugge / þritti platen of ſelu[er] þou bere up oþi rugge […]
  "Judas, you must go to Jerusalem to buy our food; / You'll have thirty pieces of silver on your back […]

Descendants

English: thirty
Yola: dhirtee

References

“thrī̆tī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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