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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtwaɪfəʊld/ Forms: more twifold [comparative], most twifold [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English twifold, twifald, from Old English twifeald (“double, twofold”), from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz (“twofold”), equivalent to twi- + fold. Cognate with Middle High German zwivalt (“double”), Old Norse tvífaldr (“double”), Icelandic tvöfaldur (“double”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|twifold}} Middle English twifold, {{inh|en|ang|twifeald|t=double, twofold}} Old English twifeald (“double, twofold”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*twifald}} Proto-West Germanic *twifald, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*twifaldaz|t=twofold}} Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz (“twofold”), {{af|en|twi-|fold}} twi- + fold, {{cog|gmh|zwivalt|t=double}} Middle High German zwivalt (“double”), {{cog|non|tvífaldr|t=double}} Old Norse tvífaldr (“double”), {{cog|is|tvöfaldur|t=double}} Icelandic tvöfaldur (“double”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} twifold (comparative more twifold, superlative most twifold)
  1. (archaic) Twofold. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-twifold-en-adj-6H4zSQ9h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with twi-, English terms suffixed with -fold, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with twi-: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -fold: 70 30 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 35 14 3 4 25 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 11 3 6 31 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: twyfold

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈtwaɪfəʊld/ Forms: more twifold [comparative], most twifold [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English twifold, twifald, from Old English twifeald (“double, twofold”), from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz (“twofold”), equivalent to twi- + fold. Cognate with Middle High German zwivalt (“double”), Old Norse tvífaldr (“double”), Icelandic tvöfaldur (“double”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|twifold}} Middle English twifold, {{inh|en|ang|twifeald|t=double, twofold}} Old English twifeald (“double, twofold”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*twifald}} Proto-West Germanic *twifald, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*twifaldaz|t=twofold}} Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz (“twofold”), {{af|en|twi-|fold}} twi- + fold, {{cog|gmh|zwivalt|t=double}} Middle High German zwivalt (“double”), {{cog|non|tvífaldr|t=double}} Old Norse tvífaldr (“double”), {{cog|is|tvöfaldur|t=double}} Icelandic tvöfaldur (“double”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} twifold (comparative more twifold, superlative most twifold)
  1. (archaic) In a twofold manner or measure. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-twifold-en-adv-Mzl4-9cN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 11 3 6 31 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: twyfold

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈtwiːfɔːld/, /ˈtwifɔːld/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English twifeald, from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz; compare twofold. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|twifeald|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English twifeald, {{inh+|enm|ang|twifeald}} Inherited from Old English twifeald, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*twifald}} Proto-West Germanic *twifald, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*twifaldaz}} Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} twifold, {{enm-adj}} twifold
  1. double, twofold (having two parts)
    Sense id: en-twifold-enm-adj-Ts3cV2bw
  2. wavering, uncertain
    Sense id: en-twifold-enm-adj-nOW-BStE
  3. insincere, dissimulating
    Sense id: en-twifold-enm-adj-59RHZufW Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with tab characters Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 11 3 6 31 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 8 2 4 39 27 Disambiguation of Pages with tab characters: 27 11 3 6 34 18
  4. (rare) Folded in two. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Two
    Sense id: en-twifold-enm-adj-~3gFu-Zf Disambiguation of Two: 22 5 14 59 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 11 3 6 31 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tuifald, tuifold, twifald, twyfold, twifeald, twifeld [Early-Middle-English]

Alternative forms

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          "english": "The foam stood high on the poitrel\nHe [the horse] was as speckled as a pie with foam\nA twofold satchel lay on his crupper\nIt seemed he was dressed lightly",
          "ref": "1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prologue of the Chanons Yeman”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio lxiii, recto:",
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        "Folded in two."
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      "ipa": "/ˈtwifɔːld/"
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      "word": "twifald"
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      "word": "twifeld"
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}

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