Old English · adverb
þreowa
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈθre͜o.wɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈθre͜o · wɑ (2 syllables)
Meaning
three times, thrice
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:34
Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þriwō.
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