ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Expanded with feminine adjectival ending -ᛟᛉ (-oʀ /⁠-ōʀ⁠/), from the root of Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare ᚦᛡᛁᛡᛉ (þᴀiᴀʀ), formed in the same way.

Numeral

ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ /þrijōʀ/) (feminine nominative/accusative)

1. three
   • c. 200-400, inscription on the Tune stone:

     ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ

     þrijoʀdohtriʀ

     […] three daughters […]

Inflection

• (masculine accusative) — ᚦᚱᛁᚨ (þrią /⁠þrīą⁠/) [c. 550–650]
• (feminine nominative) — ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ /⁠þrijōʀ⁠/) [c. 200–400]

Descendants

• Old West Norse: þrjár, þríar (feminine nominative/accusative of þrír)
  • Icelandic: þrjár
  • Faroese: tríggjar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trjå; (dialectal) tryå
• Old East Norse: ᚦᚱᛁᛅᛦ (/⁠þríaʀ⁠/) (feminine nominative/accusative of ᚦᚱᛁᛦ (/⁠þríʀ⁠/))
  • Old Swedish: þrear, þriar, þrer, þrea, þreia
• Old Gutnish: þriar (feminine nominative/accusative of þrir)