A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thresum, Thriesum, Threesome, n. (adj.). [Thre num. and -sum suffix. Also in the later dial.] a. noun. Three (persons) together, a company of three. b. adj. Of a dance: Performed by three persons together. —a. noun. 1375 Barb. iii 420.
[The boat] sa litill wes that it Mycht our the watter bot thresum flyt 1549 Compl. 131/35.
It is nocht possibil to gar thresum keip consel a1578 Pitsc. I 275/34.
Mccleine him self eschapit and thriesum with him —b. adj. 1604-31 Craig ii 66.
Twixt Fortune, Love, and most unhappie mee, Behold a chase, a fatall threesome reele
