þrifeald
Old English
| 30 | ||
| ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: þrī Ordinal: þridda Adverbial: þreowa Multiplier: þrifeald | ||
Alternative forms
- þrīfeald, þrīofeald, þryfeald, þrīefeald, þrīefald, þrēofeald
Etymology
From þri- + -feald. Cognate with Old Frisian thrēfald, Old High German drīfalt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθriˌfæ͜ɑld/, [ˈθriˌfæ͜ɑɫd]
Adjective
þrifeald
- threefold, triple
Declension
Declension of þrifeald — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | þrifeald | þrifeald | þrifeald |
| Accusative | þrifealdne | þrifealde | þrifeald |
| Genitive | þrifealdes | þrifealdre | þrifealdes |
| Dative | þrifealdum | þrifealdre | þrifealdum |
| Instrumental | þrifealde | þrifealdre | þrifealde |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | þrifealde | þrifealda, þrifealde | þrifeald |
| Accusative | þrifealde | þrifealda, þrifealde | þrifeald |
| Genitive | þrifealdra | þrifealdra | þrifealdra |
| Dative | þrifealdum | þrifealdum | þrifealdum |
| Instrumental | þrifealdum | þrifealdum | þrifealdum |
Declension of þrifeald — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | þrifealda | þrifealde | þrifealde |
| Accusative | þrifealdan | þrifealdan | þrifealde |
| Genitive | þrifealdan | þrifealdan | þrifealdan |
| Dative | þrifealdan | þrifealdan | þrifealdan |
| Instrumental | þrifealdan | þrifealdan | þrifealdan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | þrifealdan | þrifealdan | þrifealdan |
| Accusative | þrifealdan | þrifealdan | þrifealdan |
| Genitive | þrifealdra, þrifealdena | þrifealdra, þrifealdena | þrifealdra, þrifealdena |
| Dative | þrifealdum | þrifealdum | þrifealdum |
| Instrumental | þrifealdum | þrifealdum | þrifealdum |
Descendants
- Middle English: þrefald, thrifald, threfold
- English: threefold
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “þrifeald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.