thre

English

Numeral

thre

1. Obsolete spelling of three.

Noun

thre

1. Obsolete spelling of three.

Anagrams

• Hert

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

	30
[a], [b] ←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: thre     Ordinal: thridde     Adverbial: thrie, thries     Multiplier: threfold     Distributive: threfold

Alternative forms

• threo, thri, thrie, þre, þreo

Etymology

From Old English þrīe, þrī, þrēo, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθreː/, /ˈθriː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Numeral

thre

1. three
   • c. 1225, “Introduction”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎^[1], Herefordshire, 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 […]

Related terms

• threfold
• thridde
• thrie
• thries
• thrittene

 

Descendants

• English: three
• Scots: three, threi, shrei, 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

1. three

Descendants

• Danish: tre

Old Frisian

Old Frisian cardinal numbers

<  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

1. 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

1. Aspirate mutation of tre.