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Old English
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Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þriwō.
Pronunciation
Adverb
þreowa
- three times, thrice
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:34
Ǣr þām þe sē cocc crāwe, þreowa þū wiþsæcst mīn.- Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.
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.
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