twifeald
Old English
Alternative forms
- twyfeald, twȳfeald, tƿifeald
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz, equivalent to twi- + -feald. Cognate with Old Frisian twifald, Old Norse tvífaldr, Old Saxon twifald, Old High German zwifalt,
Adjective
twifeald
- twofold, double, twice as much, twice the amount, consisting of two items.
- doubtful, irresolute.
- placed together.
- (of dealing) double, unstraightforward, deceitful.
Derived terms
- twifealdnes
- untwifeald
Descendants
- Middle English: twifald, twifold
- English: twifold
References
- twifeald in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary