þreowa
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Old English
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Cardinal: þrī Ordinal: þridda Adverbial: þreowa Multiplier: þrifeald |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *þriwō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]þreowa
- three times, thrice
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:34
- Ǣr þām þe sē cocc crāwe, þreowa þū wiþsæcst mīn.
- Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.
- c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual[1]:
- Tweowa seofon bēoþ fēowertīene, þreowa seofon bēoþ ān and twēntiġ, fēower sīðum seofon bēoþ eahta and twēntiġ.
- Two times seven is fourteen, three times seven is twenty-one, four times seven is twenty-eight.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:34