tweyne

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

	20
[a], [b] ←  1	2	3  →
Cardinal: two, tweye, tweyne     Ordinal: secunde     Adverbial: twie, twies     Multiplier: twofold

Alternative forms

• tweien, twaine

Etymology

From Old English twēġen m (“two”), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwæi̯(ə)n/

Numeral

tweyne

1. two

Descendants

• English: twain
• Middle Scots: twane (literary)
  • Scots: twain (literary)
• Yola: twine, twyne

References

• “twein, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.