Þrír

Old Norse Dictionary - þrír

Meaning of Old Norse word "þrír" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

þrír Old Norse word can mean:

þrír
þrjár, þrjú; gen. þriggja; dat. þrimr and þrim, later and mod. þremr, þrem; acc. þrjá, þrjár, þrjú: [Goth. þreis; A. S. þrî; Engl. three; O. H. G. drî; Germ. drei; Dan. tre; Lat.-Gr. tres, τρεις; etc.]:—three, Nj. 16, 23, 81, Grág. i. 82, ii. 392, Landn. 126, K. Þ. K. 164, FmS. v. 8, vii. 235, and passim; brjóta í þrjú (cp. í tvau), to break into three (mod. í þrennt), Hom. 141, Ísl. ii. 337.
þrír
B. COMPDS with þrí- = three-, thrice-: þrí-angaðr, adj. three-forked, Stj. 430, MS. 544. 15. þrí-boginn, part. thrice-bent, Bárð. 175. þrí-breiðr, adj. of triple breadth, of cloth, Rb. 120, D. n. i. 410. þrí-bryddr, part. with threefold mounting, Landn. 190. þrí-deila, u, f. the rule of three. þrí-deildr, part. divided into three parts, A.A. 283. þrí-deili, n. a third part (?), n. G. l. i. 356. þrí-delningr, m. a third part, B. K. 40. þrí-engdr, part. three-pronged, Stj. 430. þri-falda, að, to make threefold, Stj. 551. þrí-faldr, adj. threefold, = þrefaldr, Fb. i. 423. þrí-forn, adj. thrice-old, i. e. three years old; þrífornt smjör, Skíða R. 197. þrí-fættr, adj. three-legged, Vápn. 24; þrífættr piltr þrifinn ok vandstilltr, in a riddle of the distaff. þrí-gilda, d, to pay threefold, FmS. x. 172, Gþl. 359. þrí-gildr, part. of threefold value. þrí-greindr, part. three-branched, Stj. 57, 67. þrí-hendr, adj. a metrical term, each line having three rhyming syllables, Edda i. 648. þrí-heilagr, adj. lasting three days, of feasts, e. g. halda Jól þríheilagt, to keep Christmas three days. þrí-húsaðr, part. consisting of three houses, Stj. 57. þrí-hyrndr, part. [A. S. þryhyrned], three-horned, triangular, FmS. iii. 180. þrí-hyrningr, m. a triangle, PR. 477, 478: a local name of a mountain, Landn., Nj. þrí-höfðaðr, adj. three-headed, Niðrst. 6, Skm. 31. þrí-kvíslaðr, part. three-branched, Stj. ch. 135, Al. 168, Karl. 299. þrí-liða, u, f. the rule of three, mathem. þrí-menningr, m. a third cousin, Fb. i. 287, Nj. 235, Gþl. 247; in K. Á. 140 even of a woman. þrí-merkingr, m. a ring weighing three ounces, Grág. ii. 171. þrí-mútaðr, thrice-moulted, of a falcon, Karl. 10. þrí-nættr, adj. three nights old, Edda 58; þing þrínætt, lasting three nights (days), JS. 37. þrí-skafinn, part. thrice-polished, FaS. ii. 326. þrí-skeptr, part. wadmal of three strands, cp. tvískeptr, Grág. (Kb.) ii. 246. þrí-skeyta, u, f. a triangle, Rb. (1812) 25. þrí-skipta, t, to divide into three parts, Stj. 451, n. G. l. i. 389. þrí-strendingr, m. a kind of shell, Eggert Itin. ch. 901. þrí-taka, tók, to repeat thrice. þrí-tíðungr, m. a bull three years old, n. G. l. i. 31, 99, Gþl. 111. þrí-tugandi, -undi (mod. þrí-tugasti), [A. S. þryttigoða], the thirtieth. FmS. x. 194, Rb. (1812) 3. þrítug-nátti, of thirty nights (days), of a month, Jb., Rb. 10, 56. þrí-tugr and þrí-tögr, adj. aged thirty, FmS. iv. 2, Hom. 55; þrítögr, Íb. 15: having thirty oars, þrítugt skip, FmS. vii. 234, n. G. l. i. 104: measuring thirty (fathoms, ells), FaS. i. 159, Landn. 51, Rb. 12 (of thirty days). þrítugs-aldr, m. the age of thirty. þrítug-sessa, u, f. a thirty-oared ship, Nj. 42. þrítugs-morginn, m. the morning of the thirtieth day, n. G. l. i. 14. þrí-tugti, the thirtieth, D. n. iv. 343, 369. þrítög-náttr, adj. = þrítugnátti, of thirty nights, epithet of a month, Íb. 7. þrí-valdi, a, m. the name of a giant, Edda (in a verse). þrí-vegis, adv. thrice. þrí-vetr, adj. three winters old, = þrévetr, Eluc. 149, Stj. 111, O. H. l. ch. 77. þrí-vægr, adj. of triple weight, 732. 16. þrí-þættr, adj. three-twisted. þrí-æri, n. a period of three years, D. n. þrí-ærr, adj. three years old, Stj. 111.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
dat.
dative.
Engl.
English.
etc.
et cetera.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
Goth.
Gothic.
Gr.
Greek.
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
S.
Saga.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.
adj.
adjective.
adv.
adverb.
ch.
chapter.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
f.
feminine.
i. e.
id est.
L.
Linnæus.
part.
participle.
R.
Rimur.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Bárð.
Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
B. K.
Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Eluc.
Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Itin.
Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
Íb.
Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Js.
Járnsíða. (B. III.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
K. Á.
Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
Kb.
Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Niðrst.
Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
O. H. L.
Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Skm.
Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Vápn.
Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
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