twei

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See also: twéï

German Low German

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Etymology

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Ultimately cognate to German zwei, English two.

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twei

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) two (2)

See also

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  • Dutch Low Saxon: twei
  • Plautdietsch: twee

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Middle English numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: two, twei
    Ordinal: secunde
    Adverbial: twie, twies
    Multiplier: twofold

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *twai (two), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (two). Cognate with German zwei, and others.

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twei

  1. two (2)
    • ca. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey & others, “Genesis 1:16”, in The Bible:
      “[…] And god made twei grete liytis / the gretter liyt that it schulde be bifore to the dai / and the lesse liyt that it schulde be bifore to the niyt […]”And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night:
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

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Adverb

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twei

  1. Alternative form of twie