Old English · noun
twifeald sweg
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Modern English
- diphthong
Meaning
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diphthong
Dyptongvs is twyfeald swēġ oððe twyfeald stæfġefēġ, and ðāra synd fēower...
Dyptongvs is a diphthong or twofold syllable, and [in Latin] there are four...
c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
Etymology
Calque of Latin diphthongus (literally “twofold-sound”)
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