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), 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

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

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