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
  • þveita (“to hurl”)

Descendants

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

Further reading

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