þrifeald

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: þrī     Ordinal: þridda     Adverbial: þreowa     Multiplier: þrifeald

Alternative forms

• þrīfeald, þrīofeald, þryfeald, þrīefeald, þrīefald, þrēofeald

Etymology

From þri- +‎ -feald. Cognate with Old Frisian thrēfald, Old High German drīfalt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθriˌfæ͜ɑld/, [ˈθriˌfæ͜ɑɫd]

Adjective

þrifeald

1. threefold, triple

Declension

Declension of þrifeald — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þrifeald	þrifeald	þrifeald
Accusative	þrifealdne	þrifealde	þrifeald
Genitive	þrifealdes	þrifealdre	þrifealdes
Dative	þrifealdum	þrifealdre	þrifealdum
Instrumental	þrifealde	þrifealdre	þrifealde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þrifealde	þrifealda, þrifealde	þrifeald
Accusative	þrifealde	þrifealda, þrifealde	þrifeald
Genitive	þrifealdra	þrifealdra	þrifealdra
Dative	þrifealdum	þrifealdum	þrifealdum
Instrumental	þrifealdum	þrifealdum	þrifealdum

Declension of þrifeald — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þrifealda	þrifealde	þrifealde
Accusative	þrifealdan	þrifealdan	þrifealde
Genitive	þrifealdan	þrifealdan	þrifealdan
Dative	þrifealdan	þrifealdan	þrifealdan
Instrumental	þrifealdan	þrifealdan	þrifealdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þrifealdan	þrifealdan	þrifealdan
Accusative	þrifealdan	þrifealdan	þrifealdan
Genitive	þrifealdra, þrifealdena	þrifealdra, þrifealdena	þrifealdra, þrifealdena
Dative	þrifealdum	þrifealdum	þrifealdum
Instrumental	þrifealdum	þrifealdum	þrifealdum

Descendants

• Middle English: þrefald, thrifald, threfold
  • English: threefold

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þrifeald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.