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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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tvinna-hnoða, n. a ball of twisted thread; -þráðr, m. twisted thread.
tvinnr, a. = tvennr.
tvistr, a. hushed, silent (var þar allt tvist ok daprt).
tvistra or tvístra (), v. to scatter.
tvisyar or tysvar, adv. twice.
tví, interj. to express loathing, fie!
tví-, twice, double, in many compds.;
-angaðr, a. double-forked;
-aukinn, pp. twofold;
-breiðr, a. of double breadth, of cloth;
-burar, m. pl. twins;
-burur, f. pl. twin-sisters;
-býli, n. two households on one farm, a f arm with two households;
-drœgr, a. ambiguous;
-dyrðr, -dyrr, a. double-doored;
-eggjaðr, a. two-edged;
-elleftr, a. twice eleven, in the phrase, vera -elleftr, to be twenty-two years old;
-eln, a. two ells broad;
-eyringr, m. a thing worth or weighing two ounces;
-falda (), v. to double;
-faldleikr, m. twofoldness;
-faldr, a. twofold, double;
-fóðraðr, pp. double-lined;
-fœttr, a. two-footed;
-gjald, n. double payment;
-görr, a. double;
-henda (-nda,-ndr), v. to hurl or wield (a weapon) with both hands (hljóp Sóti enn upp ok -hendi øxina); -hljóðr, m. diphthong;
-hólkaðr, pp. mounted with a double ring;
-húsaðr, pp. double-housed;
-hætta, f. dilemma; leggja á -hættu, to run a risk;
-höfðaðr, pp. two-headed;
-kendr, pp. of double meaning;
-klifa (), v. to repeat twice;
-kostr, m. choice between two,alternative;
-kvángaðr, pp. twice married;
-kveða (see kveða), v. to repeat;
-kvenni, n. = -kvæni;
-kvíslaðr, pp. two-pronged;
-kvæni, n. bigamy;
-kvæntr, pp. having two wives at once, bigamous;
-lemdr, pp. with two lambs;
-litaðr, pp. parti-coloured;
-loðinn, a. double-hairy, hairy on both sides;
-mánaðr, m. 'double-month', the fifth month of the summer;
-menna (-ta, -t), v. to ride two on one horse (síðarr var hestinum -mennt);
-menning, f. riding two on one horse;
-menningr, m. drinking together in pairs, two and two (drekka -menning á e-n, við e-n);
-merkingr, m. a ring of the value or weight of two marks;
-mæli, n. doubt, discordant report;
-mælingr, m. two meals a day.
tvímaelis-lauss, a. undisputed.
tví-mælt, adv. two meals a day (eta -mælt);
-oddaðr, pp. two-pointed;
-ræði, n. ambiguity,
tvíræðis-orð, n. ambiguous word,
tví-ræðr, a. ambiguous, doubtful;
-settr, pp. double;
-skálmóttr, a. two-pronged;
-skipaðr, pp. double-seated, in two ranks;
-skipta (-pta, -ptr), v. to divide into two parts; refl., -skiptast, to waver;
-skipti, n. division into two parts;
-skiptingr, m. changeling, idiot;
-skiptr, pp. (1) divided info two parts; (2) uncertain; (3) of two colours; (4) double (-skipt brynja);
-slœgr, a. ambiguous (-slœgr draumr);
-syngja (see syngja), v. to chant double, of two-voiced music;
-sýni, n. uncertainty, doubt;
-sýnn, a. doubtful, uncertain;
-taka (see taka), v. to repeat;
-tala, f. (1) the dual number; (2) the double number;
-tján, card. numb, twenty;
-tjándi, ord. numb, the twentieth;
-tugr, a. (l) aged twenty; (2) measuring twenty (fathoms, ells).
tvítugs-aldr, m. the age of twenty.
tvítug-sessa, f. twenty-oared ship.
tví-tugti, ord. numb, the twentieth;
-tyngdr, pp. double-tongued;
-vegis, adv. to and fro (fara -vegis).
tvæ-vetr, a. two winters old.
tyggja (tygg; tögg, tuggum; tugginn), v. to chew (tyggr þú nökkut ? ek tygg söl).
tygi, n. gear, harness.
tygil-knífr, m. a knife worn hanging on a strap.
tygill (gen. pl. tugla), m. strap, band (á tuglunum taflpungsins).
tygja (), v. to harness.
tykta (), v. to chastise.
tyktan, f. chastisement.
tylft (pl. -ir), f. a body (number) of twelve, dozen.
tylftar-eiðr, m. an oath of twelve;
-kviðr, m. a verdict of twelve neighbours;
-kvöð, f. summoning of twelve neighbours.
tyllast (t), v. to go with light step.



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