þrines

Old English

Alternative forms

• þrinness, þrinys

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθri.nes/

Noun

þrines f

1. trinity
2. (Christianity) the Trinity

Declension

Declension of þrines (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þrīnes	þrīnessa, þrīnesse
accusative	þrīnesse	þrīnessa, þrīnesse
genitive	þrīnesse	þrīnessa
dative	þrīnesse	þrīnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: *Threnesse, Thrumnesse, Thrimnesse
  • English: threeness, Threeness

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þrinness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.