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)

a clearing

Declension

Declension of þveit (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	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 (2001–2023), “whittle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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