þveit

See also: ðveit and tveit

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

þveit n (genitive þveits, plural þveit)

1. a clearing

Declension

  Declension of þveit (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þveit	þveitit	þveit	þveitin
accusative	þveit	þveitit	þveit	þveitin
dative	þveiti	þveitinu	þveitum	þveitunum
genitive	þveits	þveitsins	þveita	þveitanna

Related terms

• þveita (“to hurl”)

Descendants

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

References

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