þreowa
Old English
Alternative forms
- þriwa, þrywa, þriowa, þriuwa, þriga, þrige, þria, þreoƿa
Etymology
From earlier þriowa, from North Sea Germanic *þriwō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθreo̯wɑ/, [ˈθreo̯wɑ]
Adverb
þreowa
- three times, thrice
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:34
- Ǣr þām þe se cocc crāwe, þreowa þū wiþsæcst mīn.
- Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.
- Ǣr þām þe se cocc crāwe, þreowa þū wiþsæcst mīn.
- c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual
- Tweowa seofon bēoþ fēowertīene, þreowa seofon bēoþ ān and twēntiġ, fēower sīðum seofon bēoþ eahta and twēntiġ.
- Two times seven is fourteen, three times seven is twenty-one, four times seven is twenty-eight.
- Tweowa seofon bēoþ fēowertīene, þreowa seofon bēoþ ān and twēntiġ, fēower sīðum seofon bēoþ eahta and twēntiġ.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:34
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