thridde
Middle English
| 30 | ||
| ← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: thre Ordinal: thridde Adverbial: thrie, thries Multiplier: threfold Distributive: threfold | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English þridda, from Proto-West Germanic *þriddjō, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθrid(ə)/, /ˈθird(ə)/
Adjective
thridde
- third
- c. 1390, “Edward þe þridde”, in Sowlehele (Vernon Lyrics, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1)[1], Worcestershire, folio 411, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:
- ¶ 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!