Middle English Dictionary Entry
thrin num.
Entry Info
| Forms | thrin num. Also thrinne, (N) thrine, thriin, threin & (error) thin. |
| Etymology | LOE þrinna, from ON (cp. OI þrennr). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. threnen adj.
1.
(a) As adj.: three; o (on) ~ wise, upon ~ wises, in three ways; (b) as noun: three persons; in ~, in three parts, sections, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1144 : Her habbe icc shæwedd þrinne lac Forr þrinne kinne leode.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12307-9 : Þuss fandeþþ deofell Godess follc O þise þrinne wise, Þuss cunneþþ he to wundenn uss Þurrh þise þrinne wæpenn.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2091 : Þe firste nith he lay þer-inne, Hise wif, and his serganz þrinne.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Widow's Candle (Phys-E)163 : That barn..was offered..On thrinne wis.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1511 : Lameth his sun has suns thrin [Göt: thrine].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19249 : Son afterward bot vures thrin [Göt: threin], His wijf com hir vn-wijtand in.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29506 : And þou sal wijt a thrijn-wijs Mai cursing be tald on right wijs, And þis thre wordes mai þai scau, Will, and chesun, and vn-lau.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)606 : Þenne watz he war on þe waye of wlonk wyȝez þrynne.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1805 : Þus upon þrynne wyses I haf yow þro schewed Þat unclannes tocleves in corage dere Of þat wynnelych Lorde þat wonyes in heven, Entyses hym to be tene, telled [read: teldes] up his wrake.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1868 : He þonkked hir oft ful swyþe, Ful þro with hert & þoȝt; Bi þat on þrynne syþe Ho hatz kyst þe knyȝt so toȝt.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)21217 : Þider come þe primates thrin, Archebischopes britaine within.
- c1440 St.Chris.(Thrn)413 : With þe water of þe see..I crystyne the..by thryne manere.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)428 : A Priores þat wil wirchep win Aw to chastes on maners thin [read: thrin].
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.1 : Now speke I wele a lytul more Of craft..þat men calles cure, Þat most be don in þrinne degre; Þis hasteler, pasteler, and potagere.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9815 : His hert aght ar at brest in thrin Ar fra his comamentes tuin.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10178 : In thrin his godes did he dele.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)645 : Þenne þay sayden, as þay sete samen, alle þrynne..and þay of mensk speken.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1727 : Mane, Techal, Phares, merked in þrynne; Þat þretes þe of þyn unþryfte upon þre wyse.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)385 : Of Brutus cam sire Lokeryn..Iulyn: How þey departed þys land in þrynne, Þat may ȝe heren wel wyþynne.