þveit

See also: ðveit and tveit

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þwaitō, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *twey- (“to shake, agitate; to hurl, toss”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”). Related to English whittle, thwite and thwaite.

Noun

þveit f (genitive þveitar, plural þveitar)

1. a clearing

Declension

  Declension of þveit (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þveit	þveitin	þveitar	þveitarnar
accusative	þveit	þveitina	þveitar	þveitarnar
dative	þveit	þveitinni	þveitum	þveitunum
genitive	þveitar	þveitarinnar	þveita	þveitanna

Related terms

• þveita (“to hurl”)

Descendants

• Norwegian: tveit; (dialectal) tvet
  • → Danish: tved, tvede, tvedt
• → English: thwaite
• Old Norman: thuit ; -tuit (in place-names)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “whittle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.