thridde

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: thre     Ordinal: thridde     Adverbial: thrie, thries     Multiplier: threfold     Distributive: threfold

Alternative forms

• thrid, third, þridde
• III^de

Etymology

From Old English þridda, from Proto-West Germanic *þriddjō, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθrid(ə)/, /ˈθird(ə)/

Adjective

thridde

1. third
   • c. 1390, “Edward þe þridde”, in Sowlehele (Vernon Lyrics, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1)‎, Worcestershire, folio 411, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2019 January 10:

     ¶ Þe Roþ᷑. was nouþer. Ok. ne Elm⹎ / Hit was Edward þe þridde. þe noble kniht.

     The rudder was neither oak or elm: / It was Edward the Third, the noble warrior!

Descendants

• English: third
• Scots: thrid