Old English · numeral
þridda dæl
- Part of speech
- numeral
- IPA
- /ˈθrid.dɑ dæːl/
- Syllables
- ˈθrid · dɑ · dæːl (3 syllables)
Meaning
a third
Se cyning and his witan habbaþ ġecweden þæt þridda dǣl þǣre tēoðunge gā tō ċiricbōte.
The king and his advisors have decreed that a third of the tithe money will go to repairing the churches.
1014, Æthelred's eighth law code
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