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þrim-feald

  • numeral
  • adjective
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þrim-feald, adj.
Threefold
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  • On ðam þrimfealdan (þry-, SS. B. L.) ordále,

    • M L. Ath. i. 4
    • ;
    • Th. i, 202, 4.
  • On ðam þrimfealdum (þry-) ordále,

    • 6
    • ;
    • Th. i. 202, 13.
  • Æt þrimfealdre (þryfealdre, 17) sprǽce,

    • L. Eth. ix. 19
    • ;
    • Th. i. 344, 13.
  • Be ánfealdum

    simplum,

    be twyfealdum

    duplum,

    be þrimfealdum

    triplum,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 286, 18.
Etymology
[Cf. Ileafan on þa halȝa þreomnesse,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 99, 34.
Þe heuenliche þremnesse was mid him,
  • ii. 137, 7.
Þrumnesse,
  • A. R. 160, 10.
Þrimmnesse,
  • Orm. 11177.
Cf. also
O. Frs. thrim-dél (threm-) a third.
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Full form

Word-wheel

  • þrim-feald, num.; adj.