TVEIR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

TVEIR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 TVEIR

gen. tveggja, dat. tveimr or tveim, acc. tvá (mod. tvo), tvær, tvau (mod. tvö); tvau and þau make a rhyme, Skáld H.: [Goth. twai; A. S. twâ; Engl. two, twain; Germ. zwei; Dan. to; Swed. två; Lat. duo; Gr. δύο, etc.]:—two, passim; tveir ok tveir, two and two, Hkr. i. 125; báðir tveir, Fms. vii. 202; bæði tvau, Skáld H. 3. 7, 6. 55; tveim höndum, with both hands, Eg. 532, Fms. vii. 290; hvárr-tveggja, annarr-tveggja, q. v.; í tvau, adverb, in two, asunder, Fms. vii. 72, 193: in the saying, tveimr er tveggja hugr, two men two minds (= quot homines, tot sententiae), Fas. ii. 228; cp. tveir erut einsherjar, Hm.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚢᛁᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
acc.: accusative.
adv: adverb.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
dat.: dative.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
etc.: et cetera.
gen.: genitive.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Goth.: Gothic.
Gr.: Greek.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Skáld H.: Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)

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