ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

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

Numeral

ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ /þrijōz/) (feminine nominative)

  1. 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 (/⁠þrīaʀ⁠/) (feminine nominative/accusative of ᚦᚱᛁᛦ (/⁠þrīʀ⁠/))
    • Old Swedish: þrear, þriar, þrer, þrea, þreia
  • Old Gutnish: þriar (feminine nominative/accusative of þrir)
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