tway

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English

Etymology

From Old English twēġe, reduced form of twēġen (twain). Doublet of swy.

Pronunciation

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tway

  1. (now rare, archaic) Two.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
      Guyons angry blade so fierce did play / On th'others helmet, which as Titan shone, / That quite it cloue his plumed crest in tway, / And bared all his head vnto the bone []

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