"twegen" meaning in Old English

See twegen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtweː.jen/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *twai-: cognate with Old Saxon and Old Dutch twēne, Old High German zwēne, whence archaic German zween, compare German zwei. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*twai-}} Proto-West Germanic *twai-, {{cog|osx|-}} Old Saxon, {{cog|odt|twēne}} Old Dutch twēne, {{cog|goh|zwēne}} Old High German zwēne, {{cog|de|zween}} German zween, {{cog|de|zwei}} German zwei Head templates: {{ang-adj|twēġen}} twēġen Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|twēġen|acc_pl_f=twā|acc_pl_m=twēġen|acc_pl_n=tū,twā|dat_pl_f=twām, twǣm|dat_pl_m=twām, twǣm|dat_pl_n=twām, twǣm|gen_pl_f=twēġa,twēġra|gen_pl_m=twēġa,twēġra|gen_pl_n=twēġa,twēġra|ins_pl_f=twām, twǣm|ins_pl_m=twām, twǣm|ins_pl_n=twām, twǣm|nom_pl_f=twā|nom_pl_m=twēġen|nom_pl_n=tū,twā|num=pl|type=strong}} Forms: twēġen [canonical], strong [table-tags], twēġen [masculine, nominative, plural], twā [feminine, nominative, plural], tū [neuter, nominative, plural], twā [neuter, nominative, plural], twēġen [accusative, masculine, plural], twā [accusative, feminine, plural], tū [accusative, neuter, plural], twā [accusative, neuter, plural], twēġa [genitive, masculine, plural], twēġra [genitive, masculine, plural], twēġa [feminine, genitive, plural], twēġra [feminine, genitive, plural], twēġa [genitive, neuter, plural], twēġra [genitive, neuter, plural], twām [dative, masculine, plural], twǣm [dative, masculine, plural], twām [dative, feminine, plural], twǣm [dative, feminine, plural], twām [dative, neuter, plural], twǣm [dative, neuter, plural], twām [instrumental, masculine, plural], twǣm [instrumental, masculine, plural], twām [feminine, instrumental, plural], twǣm [feminine, instrumental, plural], twām [instrumental, neuter, plural], twǣm [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. two Synonyms: twēġe, tuēġen, twœ̄ġe, tuœ̄ġe, tuēġe — Northumbrian, ᛏᚹᛟᚷᛖᚾ (twœġen) (english: Franks Casket) Derived forms: ōþer twēġa, twēntiġ
    Sense id: en-twegen-ang-adj-P8TM~nRY Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "tweyne"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: tweyne, tweien, twaine\nEnglish: twain\nYola: twy, twi, twye, twee, twine, twyne",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: tweyne, tweien, twaine\nEnglish: twain\nYola: twy, twi, twye, twee, twine, twyne"
    }
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      "expansion": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
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      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch twēne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "zwēne"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zwēne",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "zween"
      },
      "expansion": "German zween",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      },
      "expansion": "German zwei",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *twai-: cognate with Old Saxon and Old Dutch twēne, Old High German zwēne, whence archaic German zween, compare German zwei.",
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      "form": "twēġen",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tū",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "twā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "tū",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "twā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twēġa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twēġra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twēġa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twēġra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "twēġa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "twēġra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twām",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "twǣm",
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    },
    {
      "form": "twǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
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      "form": "twām",
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      "form": "twǣm",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "twām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "twǣm",
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        "dat_pl_f": "twām, twǣm",
        "dat_pl_m": "twām, twǣm",
        "dat_pl_n": "twām, twǣm",
        "gen_pl_f": "twēġa,twēġra",
        "gen_pl_m": "twēġa,twēġra",
        "gen_pl_n": "twēġa,twēġra",
        "ins_pl_f": "twām, twǣm",
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        "nom_pl_f": "twā",
        "nom_pl_m": "twēġen",
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        "num": "pl",
        "type": "strong"
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    }
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ōþer twēġa"
        },
        {
          "word": "twēntiġ"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "God gave us two eyes and two ears, two nostrils and two lips, two hands and two feet.",
          "ref": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Preface to Genesis\":",
          "text": "God ġesċōp ūs twā ēagan and twā ēaran, twā nosþȳrlu and twēġen weoloras, twā handa and twēġen fēt.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "two"
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      "id": "en-twegen-ang-adj-P8TM~nRY",
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        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "twēġe"
        },
        {
          "word": "tuēġen"
        },
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          "word": "twœ̄ġe"
        },
        {
          "word": "tuœ̄ġe"
        },
        {
          "word": "tuēġe — Northumbrian"
        },
        {
          "english": "Franks Casket",
          "roman": "twœġen",
          "word": "ᛏᚹᛟᚷᛖᚾ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtweː.jen/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twegen"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ōþer twēġa"
    },
    {
      "word": "twēntiġ"
    }
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
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    {
      "form": "twēġen",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "twēġen",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twēġen",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twēġa",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twēġra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twēġa",
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        "feminine",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twēġra",
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        "feminine",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "twēġa",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "twēġra",
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        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "form": "twām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "twām",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "twǣm",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "twām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "twǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "twām",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twǣm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "twēġen"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "twēġen",
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        "dat_pl_f": "twām, twǣm",
        "dat_pl_m": "twām, twǣm",
        "dat_pl_n": "twām, twǣm",
        "gen_pl_f": "twēġa,twēġra",
        "gen_pl_m": "twēġa,twēġra",
        "gen_pl_n": "twēġa,twēġra",
        "ins_pl_f": "twām, twǣm",
        "ins_pl_m": "twām, twǣm",
        "ins_pl_n": "twām, twǣm",
        "nom_pl_f": "twā",
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  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Old English adjectives",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English numerals",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "God gave us two eyes and two ears, two nostrils and two lips, two hands and two feet.",
          "ref": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Preface to Genesis\":",
          "text": "God ġesċōp ūs twā ēagan and twā ēaran, twā nosþȳrlu and twēġen weoloras, twā handa and twēġen fēt.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "two"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtweː.jen/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "twēġe"
    },
    {
      "word": "tuēġen"
    },
    {
      "word": "twœ̄ġe"
    },
    {
      "word": "tuœ̄ġe"
    },
    {
      "word": "tuēġe — Northumbrian"
    },
    {
      "english": "Franks Casket",
      "roman": "twœġen",
      "word": "ᛏᚹᛟᚷᛖᚾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twegen"
}

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