thre

English

Numeral

thre

Obsolete spelling of three.

Noun

thre

Obsolete spelling of three.

Anagrams

Hert

Middle English

**Middle English numbers ^(edit)**
	30
^{[a], [b], [c]} ← 2	3	4 →
Cardinal: thre Ordinal: thridde Adverbial: thrie, thries Multiplier: threfold Distributive: threfold

Alternative forms

threo, thri, thrie, þre
ðhre, ðre, þreo, þrie (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English þrēo, feminine and neuter form of þrī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Doublet of trey (“three in dice”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θreː/
Rhymes: -eː

Numeral

thre

three
- c. 1225, “Introduction”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎^[1], Ludlow, Shropshire, published c. 1235, folios 6, verso – 7, recto; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:
  Almihti godd· feader· ſune· hali gaſt· aſ ȝe beoð ϸreo an godd: alſƿa ȝe beoð an mihte· an ƿiſdom· ⁊ an luue […]
  Almighty God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as both three and one, while being one Might, one Wisdom, and one Love […]
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Tale of the Wẏf of Bathe”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 62, verso:
  Thow seẏdest eek / þ^t ther ben thẏnges three / The whıche thẏnges / troublen al thıs erthe / and that no wıght maẏ endure the ferthe
  You also said that there are three things, / these things disturb the whole world, / and that no one can endure the fourth.

Related terms

Descendants

English: three
Scots: three, threi, hrei
Yola: dhree, dhrie, dree

References

“thrẹ̄, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír.

Numeral

thre

three

Descendants

Danish: tre

Old Frisian

**Old Frisian numbers ^(edit)**
← 2	3	4 →
Cardinal: thrē

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ. Cognates include Old English þrī and Old Saxon thrīe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθreː/

Numeral

thrē m

three

Declension

Declension of *thrē*
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	thrē	thria	thriu
accusative	thrē	thria	thriu
genitive	thrira, thria	thrira, thria	thrira, thria
dative	thrium, thrim, threm	thrium, thrim, threm	thrium, thrim, threm

Descendants

North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: trii

Goesharde: trä m, träi f or n

Halligen: tree'e m, traane f or n

Helgoland: tree

Mooring: tra m, trii f or n

Sylt: trii

Wiedingharde: trä m, träi f or n
Saterland Frisian: träi m; trjo, tjo f or n
West Frisian: trije

References

Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 68

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θreː/

Noun

thre

aspirate mutation of tre