þriðjungr

Old Norse

Noun

þriðjungr m

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

Descendants

→ Old English: *þriðing
- Middle English: trithing
  - English: trithing

References

þriðjúngr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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