thridde

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === third, thrid, þirde, þrid, þride, þridde, ȝridde dridde, ðridde, ðride, þrittde (Early Middle English) theyrd, thirde, thryd, thurde, thyrd, thyrde, þyrþe (Late Middle English) thred, thredde, threid, þred, þredde (especially East Anglia, Northern or Northeast Midland) thrudde, þrydde (West Midland) IIIde (abbreviation) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English þridda, from Proto-West Germanic *þriddjō, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô. Forms with /ɛ/ are likely influenced by thre or variants of thrittene, thritty with /ɛ/; in East Anglia, they were likely reinforced by the correspondence between East Anglian /ɛ/ and other dialects' /i/ in words with Old English /y/. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθrid(ə)/, /ˈθird(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈθrɛd(ə)/, /ˈθɛrd(ə)/ (especially East Anglia, Northern, Northeast Midland) === Adjective === thridde third ==== Descendants ==== English: third Middle Scots: thrid, thred Scots: third, thrid === Noun === thridde The third portion or member of something; the or a third. (music) A third (interval consisting of the first and third notes) ==== Descendants ==== English: third Middle Scots: thrid, thred Scots: third, thrid === References ===