Middle English Dictionary Entry
thrī(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | thrī(e adv. Also (early) þriȝe, þriȝæ, ðriwa, (SWM) þreie. |
| Etymology | OE þriwa, þreowa, (Nhb.) þriga, þrige, þrīa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Three times, thrice; (b) as noun: a third time.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)149/13 : Seoð on swetum watere odðer on wine, leȝe tuwa odðer ðrywa to þan nafolan.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)6/4 : Godes engel..hine þriȝe bi his nome nemde.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)34/19 : On ðare hwile ðe heo song þriȝæ þæt haliȝ bed þæt is pater noster þa mild wæron iwrohte.
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 115)23 : Þriwa: þrie.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13009 : Swa Arður & þe scucke biurnen hit þreie a-buten.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(Hrl 2277)76 : He nolde forȝete noȝt o niȝt..To croici þrie his foreheued.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)131/93 : It is iwrite þat seinte Peter þrie oure Louerd forsok.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20629 : Þai cri þe merci thri.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1261 : His shille horne he blew þrie.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)763 : Nade he sayned hym-self..bot þrye Er he watz war..of a won in a mote.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.463 : With a sorowful sik she sayde thrie, 'A! Lord! What me is tid a sory chaunce!'
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3122 : Þrye þe lomb ron abouȝt þe tomb.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)800 : Jason..drow to þe whethir..the rolle for to rede or he rest thry.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)276/190 : Or the cocke have crowen thrye thou shalt forsake my companye.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.959 : A beest, prosacoride..they multiplie..sle hem there A twye or thrie, and they ne shal thee dere.