ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Expanded with feminine adjectival ending -ᛟᛉ (-oʀ /⁠-ōʀ⁠/), from the root of Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare ᚦᛡᛁᛡᛉ (þᴀiᴀʀ), formed in the same way.

Numeral

ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ /þrijōʀ/) (feminine nominative/accusative)

  1. three
    • c. 200-400, inscription on the Tune stone:
      ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ
      þrijoʀdohtriʀ
      [] three daughters []

Inflection

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

Descendants

  • Old West Norse: þrjár, þríar (feminine nominative/accusative of þrír)
    • Icelandic: þrjár
    • Faroese: tríggjar
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: trjå; (dialectal) tryå
  • Old East Norse: ᚦᚱᛁᛅᛦ (/⁠þríaʀ⁠/) (feminine nominative/accusative of ᚦᚱᛁᛦ (/⁠þríʀ⁠/))
    • Old Swedish: þrear, þriar, þrer, þrea, þreia
  • Old Gutnish: þriar (feminine nominative/accusative of þrir)