Old English · numeral
þri
Normalised þrī
- Part of speech
- numeral
- Declension
- strong
- IPA
- /θriː/
- Syllables
- θriː (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- three
Meaning
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three
Sċortlīċe iċ hæbbe nū ġesǣd ymb þā þrīe dǣlas ealles þises middanġeardes...
I have now spoken about all three of this world's continents in brief...
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Old High German drī, French trois, Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs), Russian три (tri).
Descendants
three
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