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

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

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

Etymology 2

Numeral

thrie

Alternative form of thre

Old Saxon

**Old Saxon cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : thrie

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θri͜yː/

Numeral

thrīe

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

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