þrysvar

adv. thrice, three times.

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adv., the best vellum with y, Nj. 193, 269, Grág. i. 460 A, ii. 401 B, Vsp. 22 (Bugge), N. G. L. i. 339, Bs. i. 355, Stj. 619, Eluc. 11, Greg. 48 (þrusvar), Grett. 160 A; in mod. usage and in a few later vellums with i, þrisvar:—thrice; hvert mál (er) til skila fært ef þrisvar er reynt, Fms. v. 324; þrysvar varð allt forðum, Sturl. iii. 253, Grett. 160 (cp. Germ. alle guten dinge sind drei, Dan. alle gode gange ere tre): also double, þrysvar-sinnum, thrice, passim, see above.