"in twain" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Etymology: From Middle English in tweyn, in twen, in tweyne (also as on tweyne). Compare Old English on twēġen (“in two”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|in tweyn}} Middle English in tweyn, {{der|en|ang|on twēġen|t=in two}} Old English on twēġen (“in two”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in twain, {{en-PP}} in twain
  1. (archaic) In two, in halves, into two parts, asunder Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Two Synonyms: asunder Translations (in halves): δίχα (díkha) (Ancient Greek), in tweeën (Dutch), kahtia (Finnish), entzwei (German), στα δύο (sta dýo) (Greek), попола́м (popolám) (Russian), напопола́м (napopolám) (Russian), на полови́ны (na polovíny) (Russian), itu (Swedish)
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