þrines

== Old English == === Alternative forms === þrīnness, þrīnys === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þrinassī, unless Old High German drinessi is a parallel formation or a calque from the Old English of Anglo-Saxon missionaries. In any case, equivalent to þri- +‎ -nes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθri.nes/ === Noun === þrines f trinity (Christianity) the Trinity ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: *Threnesse, Thrumnesse, Thrimnesse English: threeness, Threeness === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “þrinness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.