ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Expanded with feminine adjectival ending -ᛟᛉ (-oʀ /-ōz/), from the root of Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ /þrijōz/)

  1. (feminine nominative) three
    • 200s-400s, inscription on the Tune stone:
      ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉᛞᚨᛚᛁᛞᚢᚾ
      þrijoʀdohtriʀdalidun
      […] three daughters shared […]

Inflection

The following forms are attested:

  • ᚦᚱᛁᚨ (þria /þrīą/) – masculine accusative, 600s
  • ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ /þrijōz/) – feminine nominative, 200–400s

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