tvenne

Swedish

Alternative forms

• tvänne

Etymology

From Old Swedish tvænne, from Old Norse tvennir, from Proto-Germanic *twinaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

tvenne

1. (archaic or poetic) two

   Synonym: två

   • 1991, De lyckliga kompisarna (lyrics and music), “Allmosor [Alms]”, in Le som en fotomodell [Smile like a model]:

     [Deliberately archaizing] Det gingo [archaizing] tvenne [archaizing] vandrare fram med käppar och krumma [old-fashioned sounding] ryggar.

     There were two wanderers walking [forth] with canes and hunched backs. ("It walked two wanderers forth with canes and hunched backs.")

See also

• trenne
• tveggehanda

References

• tvenne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tvenne in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tvenne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)