twifeald
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Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
twifeald
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of twifold
Old English[edit]
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Cardinal: twēġen Ordinal: ōþer Adverbial: tweowa Multiplier: twifeald |
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz, equivalent to twi- + -feald. Cognate with Old Frisian twifald, Old Norse tvífaldr, Old Saxon twifald, Old High German zwifalt.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
twifeald
- double
- doubtful, irresolute
- placed together
- (of dealing) double, unstraightforward, deceitful
Declension[edit]
Declension of twifeald — Strong
Declension of twifeald — Weak
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “twifeald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Categories:
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Early Middle English
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms prefixed with twi-
- Old English terms suffixed with -feald
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English adjectives