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twei

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See also: twéï

Low German

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Low German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : twei
    Ordinal : tweet

Alternative forms

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  • twe, twee (Münsterländisch)
  • twei, twij (chiefly Dutch Low Saxon)

Etymology

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    From Middle Low German twê, from Old Saxon twene (two).

    Ultimately cognate to German zwei, English two.

    Numeral

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    twei

    1. two (2)
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    See also

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    Middle English

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    Etymology 1

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    Numeral

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    twei

    1. alternative form of tweye
      • 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

    Plautdietsch

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    Etymology

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    From Middle Low German twê, twei, from Old Saxon twene.

    Numeral

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    twei

    1. two
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