ᚦᚱᛁᚨ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

ᚦᚱᛁᚨ (þria /þrīą/) m (masculine accusative) (Transitional Period)

  1. three
    • c. 550 CE – 650 CE, Gummarp stone:[1]
      ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᛡᚠᛡ ¶ ᛋᛡᛏᛖ ¶ ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡᚦᚱᛁᚨ ¶ ᚠᚠᚠ
      hᴀþuwolᴀfᴀ ¶ sᴀte ¶ stᴀbᴀþria ¶ fff
      /Haþuwolᵃfa sattē staβa þrīą: f[ē] f[ē] f[ē]/
      [in memory of] Haþuwolfʀ, [N.] placed three staves: wealth, wealth, wealth

Inflection

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

Descendants

  • Old Norse: þrjá (masculine accusative of þrír)
  1. ^ Inscription/entry Bl 2 in the RuneS-Database ot the research project Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS) of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, 2025.
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