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Old English · noun

tweo

Normalised twēo

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/twe͜oː/
Syllables
twe͜oː (1 syllable)
Modern English
doubtambiguity

Meaning

  1. doubt

    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.

    10th century, The Seafarer:

  2. ambiguity

Declension

Declension of tweo
SingularPlural
Nominative twēotwēon
Accusative twēontwēon
Genitive twēontwēona
Dative twēontwēomtwēoum

All forms (5)

Etymology

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

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