tweo

Old English

Alternative forms

  • twīo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *twihō (“doubt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twe͜oː/
  • Rhymes: -e͜oː

Noun

twēo m

  1. doubt
    • 10th century, The Seafarer:
      Simle þrēora sum þinga ġehwylċe, ǣr his tīdeġe tō twēon weorþeð: ādl oþþe yldo oþþe eċġhete, fǣġum fromweardum feorh ōðþringeð.
      One of each of three things, before his fear of the time turns to a doubt: sickness or oldness or edge-hatred will always snatch away life from doomed beyond-gores.
  2. ambiguity

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative twēo twēon
accusative twēon twēon
genitive twēon twēona
dative twēon twēom, twēoum

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • twēone lēoht
    • English: tweenlight

Descendants

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