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þrí

  • noun [ masculinefeminineneuter ]
  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
þrí, þrý, þrié, þreó; m.: þreó, þrió, þré; f. n. (ðreá, ðriá, ðreó, ðrió in North.); gen. þreóra, þrióra (and ðreána in North.); dat. þrim (þrím? ðriim in North., but cf. Goth. þrim), later þreom. Three
Wright's OE grammar
§231; §447; §451; §586;
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  • Tres þrý gebyriaþ tó masculinum and femininum,

    tria

    þreó tó neutrum,
      Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 281, 3,
used adjectivally
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  • Þrié Scottas cuómon,

      Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 5.

  • Ða þreó clystru ðæt sind þrí dagas,

      Gen. 40, 12.
  • Ða þrí windlas ðæt sind þrí dagas, 18.

  • Ða bróðor þrý,

      Cd. Th. 122, 28; Gen. 2033.

  • Þreó godas,

      Hy. 10, 44.

  • Ða þré fǽmnan,

      Blickl. Homl. 145, 31.

  • Nú synt þreó (ðrió,

      Lind., Rush.) gér, Lk, Skt. 13, 7.

  • Tó ðara ðreóra burga ánre,

      Past. 21; Swt. 167, 17: Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 4.

  • Þrióra,

      Swt. 4, 10.

  • On þrim (ðriim,

      Lind.: ðrim, Rush,) dagon, Mk. Skt. 15, 29: Jn. Skt. 2, 19, 20.

  • Ðrím,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 25: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 63.

  • On ðǽm þrim geárum on þrim folcgefeohtum,

      Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 21.
  • Of ðám þrim sunum, Anglia xi. 2, 37.

  • On þýs ylcum þrim dagum,

      Lchdm. iii. 76, 26.

  • Þreom nihton ǽr Candelmæssan,

      Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 28.

  • Hié ða þrié dǽlas on þreó tónenldon,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 3: Swt. 10, 3.

  • Míne þrié ða getreówestan frýnd,

      Nar. 29, 27.

  • Hé gestrínde þrí suna,

      Gen. 6, 10: Ex. 2, 2.

  • Lǽn me þrý (ðreó,

      Lind.: ðriá, Rush.) hláfas, Lk. Skt. 11, 5.

  • Þrý (þreó,

      Rush.) dagas and þreó (þreó, Rush.) niht, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 40: Ymbe þreó mónað, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 238, 11.

  • On ðrió wísan,

      Past. 53; Swt. 417, 20.

  • Þrió míla,

      Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 194, 7.

  • Ymb þreó niht,

      3, 11; Swt. 152, 19: Elen. Kmbl. 1663; El. 833: Gen. 29, 2.

  • Þreó earduugstówa (ðreá húso,

      Lind.: ðreó selescotu, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 17, 4.

  • Ðreá húsa (ðriá hús,

      Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 5.

  • Þrió mydd hringa,

      Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 190, 12.

  • Ðriógecynd,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 3: 35, 6; Fox 168, 19.

  • Gif hé ðás þreó þing ne déð,

      Ex. 21, 11.

  • Þreó gér,

      Lk. Skt. 4, 25.
used substantivally,
absolutely
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  • Ðǽr twégen oððe þrý (þreó,

      MS. A.: ðreó, Lind.: þreó, Rush.) synt gegaderode, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 20.

  • Beóð fífe on ánum húse tódǽlede, þrý (ðrió,

      Lind.: ðriá, Rush.) on
    twégen and twégen on þrý (þreó, MS. A.: ðrió, Lind., Rush.), Lk. Skt. 12, 52.

  • Ðæt ǽlc word stande on twégra oððe þreóra (ðreá,

      Lind.: þreó, Rush.) gewittnesse, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 16.

  • Ðæt wé twá oððe ðreó gehýron,

      Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 29. (1 a) distributively :-- Ða
    wuniaþ twám and þrim ætgædere, R. Ben. 9, 15.
with qualifying or defining words
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  • Þa þrý cómon,

      Cd. Th. 221, 24; Dan. 93.

  • Wé þrý,

      242, 3; Dan. 413.

  • Ða módhwatan þrý,

      238, 21; Dan. 413.

  • Cómon þrý gelǽrede weras ... hí ða ealle þrý tógædere grétton ðone cyngc,

      Ap. Th. 19, 22: Homl. Th. ii. 384, 4.

  • Ða þreó ðé ne lǽtaþ geortréwan,

      Bt. 10; Fox 30, 8.

  • Hwylc ðara þreóra (ðísra ðreána,

      Lind.), Lk. Skt. 10, 36: Homl. Th. i. 288, 27.

  • Of ðisum þrim Noes sunum,

      Gen. 9, 19.
  • Of him þrim, Anglia xi. 2, 45.

  • Betwuh ðam þrim,

      Bt. 42; Fox 256, 20.

  • Se ðe ðás ðreó hæfþ,

      14, 2; Fox 44, 26.
in the phrase
on þreó
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  • On þreó tónemnan,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 3.

  • On ðreó tódǽlan,

      Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 21.
in combination with other numerals,
with cardinals,
multiplicative
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  • Þreó hund fæðma,

      Gen. 6, 15.

  • Þreó hund wera,

      Jud. 7, 6.
  • On þisum þrim hundrydum, 7.

  • Wiþ þrim hundred (ðriim hundum,

      Lind.) penegon, Jn. Skt. 12, 5.
added to the decades
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  • Þreó and twéntig,

      Ex. 32, 28.

  • Þreo-and-hundeahtatig-wintre,

      7, 7.
with ordinals
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  • Se þreó-and-syxtigeða,

      R. Ben. 37, 16.

  • Móna se þrí-and-twéntigoða,

      Lchdm. iii. 194, 21.
Etymology
[Goth. þrija; n.; gen. þrijé; dat. þrim; acc. þrins; m. f.; þrija; n.: O. Sax. thrie, threa; dat. thrim: O. L. Ger. thrie; m.; thriu; n.; dat. thrim: O. Frs. thré; m.; thria; f.; thriu; n.; gen. thríra; dat. thrium, thrim, threm: O. H. Ger. drí; m.; drío; f.; driu; n.; gen. drío; dat. drim, drin: Icel. þrír; m.; þrjár; f.; þrjú; n.; gen. þriggja; dat. þrim(r), þrem(r); acc. þrjá; m.; þrjár; f.; þrjú; n.]
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v.  þreó þrió þrý.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þrí.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32044.

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