ᚦᚱᛁᚨ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

ᚦᚱᛁᚨ (þria /þrīą/) m (masculine accusative)

1. three
   • 600s, inscription on the (now-lost) Gummarp stone

     ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᛡᚠᛡ ¶ ᛋᛡᛏᛖ ¶ ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡᚦᚱᛁᚨ ¶ ᚠᚠᚠ
     hAþuwolAfA ¶ sAte ¶ stAbAþria ¶ fff

     Haþuwolᵃfa sattē staβa þrīą: f[ē] f[ē] f[ē]

     [in memory of] Haþuwolfʀ, [N.] placed three staves: wealth, wealth, wealth

Inflection

The following forms are attested:

• masculine accusative — ᚦᚱᛁᚨ (þria /⁠þrīą⁠/)
• feminine nominative — ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoz /⁠þrijōz⁠/)

Descendants

• Old Norse: þrjá (masculine accusative of þrír)