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Old English · noun

þrines

Normalised þrīnes

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈθri.nes/
Syllables
ˈθri · nes (2 syllables)
Modern English
trinitythreeness

Meaning

  1. trinity

  2. the Trinity

Declension

Declension of þrines
SingularPlural
Nominative þrīnesþrīnessaþrīnesse
Accusative þrīnesseþrīnessaþrīnesse
Genitive þrīnesseþrīnessa
Dative þrīnesseþrīnessum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrinassī, unless Old High German drinessi is a parallel formation or a calque from the Old English of Anglo-Saxon missionaries. In any case, equivalent to þri- + -nes.

Descendants

threeness

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