单词 | thrin |
释义 | thrinthrinneadj.n. An adjective, but sometimes best rendered by ‘thrice’ (cf. Old Norse þrennar tylptir ‘triple twelves’, i.e. ‘thrice twelve’). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > multiplication by three > [adjective] thrina1012 threefoldc1175 trebled?c1400 triplatec1430 triplicate?a1475 triplated1486 triple1549 tripled1583 thrice1602 triplicated1635 a1012 Laws Æthelred iii. c. 13 Ladige hine mid þrinna xii[L. cum ter xii]; and se gerefa namige þa lade. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1144 Her habbe icc shæwedd þrinne lac Forr þrinne kinne leode. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 716 Hauelok..he dide þer-inne, Him and his wif, hise sones þrinne, And hise two doutres. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3381 Ysmael had wijfs thrin [Fairf. þrinne, Trin. Cambr. thre]. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1805 Þus vpon þrynne wyses I haf yow þro schewed. B. n. In plural. [perhaps a new formation after twins.] Three children at a birth. ? dialect. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > triplets trines1628 triplet1787 trins1831 thrin1838 tripling1858 1838 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 14 June (1981) I. 48 Truth—Goodness—Beauty—those celestial thrins. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Thrins, three at a birth. 1887 Indian Med. Gaz. 1 Sept. 246 In the case of twins and thrins about three times more than in the case of singletons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1012 |
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