tvisvar

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰvɪːsvaːr/

  Rhymes: -ɪːsvaːr

Adverb

tvisvar (not comparable)

1. twice

   Synonym: tvívegis

Related terms

• þrisvar

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: tveir     Ordinal: annarr     Adverbial: tysvar, tvisvar, tvesor     Multiplier: tvífaldr     Distributive: tvennr     Collective: báðir     Fractional: halfr

Alternative forms

• tvesor, tysvar

Adverb

tvisvar (not comparable)

1. twice

Descendants

• Icelandic: tvisvar
• Old Swedish: tysvar, tvisvar
  • Swedish: tösvar (obsolete), tössa (dialectal)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tvisvar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive