† ˈthrinfald, a. (adv.) Sc. and north. dial. Obs.
Also 4 thrine-, 5 thryn-, 6 trin-, trene-.
[Assimilation of the earlier thrifald, OE. þriefeald, threefold, to thrin.]
= threefold a.; triple, treble.
In 1st quot. (Fairfax MS.) as adv. = threefold B. 1.
| 13.. Cursor M. 26986 (Cott.) Þis hope þan mai be thrinefald [Fairf. vnderstande þis hope þrinfalde]. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints vi. (Thomas) 390 God..in substance bot ane Is, & thrinfald in-to personis. Ibid. xxxvi. (Baptista) 463 He þe thrinfald crone sal euir bruk fore his wardone. c 1470 Henry Wallace vii. 141 The thrynfald buk is bot this brokyn land. 1513 Douglas æneis iv. ix. 78 The thrinfald goddes Proserpina. 1552 Lyndesay Monarche 4407 Two and thretty gude papis..Ressauit the crown of Martyrdome, Bot nocht the Thrinfald Diadame. 1570 Satir. Poems Reform. xxi. 19 Thay trinfauld Tratours Hes steirit vp this stryfe. |