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.")

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