tvisvar

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰvɪːsvaːr/
    Rhymes: -ɪːsvaːr

Adverb

tvisvar (not comparable)

  1. twice
    Synonym: tvívegis

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
2 3  → 
    Cardinal: tveir
    Ordinal: annarr
    Adverbial: tysvar, tvisvar, tvesor
    Multiplier: tvífaldr
    Distributive: tvennr
    Collective: báðir
    Fractional: halfr

Alternative forms

Adverb

tvisvar (not comparable)

  1. twice

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tvisvar
  • Old Swedish: tysvar, tvisvar
    • Swedish: tösvar (obsolete), tössa (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tvisvar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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