Tway
//tweɪ// num
num ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Numeral
- 1 Two. dialectal, obsolete
"Guyons angry blade so fierce did play On th'others helmet, which as Titan shone, That quite it cloue his plumed crest in tway, And bared all his head vnto the bone […]"
Example
More examples"Guyons angry blade so fierce did play On th'others helmet, which as Titan shone, That quite it cloue his plumed crest in tway, And bared all his head vnto the bone […]"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tweye, from Old English twēġe, reduced form of twēġen (“twain”). Doublet of swy.
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