þriðjungr

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

þriðjungr m

  1. the third part
    • Saga skálda Haralds konúngs hárfagra [1]:
      […] er þriðjúngr lifði nætr.
      […] when a third of the night remained.

Descendants

  • → Old English: *þriðing

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þriðjungr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 516; also available at the Internet Archive
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