þrifeald

Old English

Alternative forms
  • þrīfeald, þrīofeald, þryfeald, þrīefeald, þrīefald, þrēofeald

Etymology

From þrī +‎ -feald. Cognate with Old Frisian thrēfald, Old High German drīfalt.

Adjective

þrifeald

  1. Threefold, triple.

Descendants
  • Middle English: þrefald, thrifald, threfold

References
  • þrifeald in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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