英和和英

別の表記

• twēġe, tuēġen
• twœ̄ġe, tuœ̄ġe, tuēġe — Northumbrian
• ᛏᚹᛟᚷᛖᚾ (twœġen) — Franks Casket

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *twai-: cognate with Old Saxon and Old Dutch twēne, Old High German zwēne, whence archaic German zween, compare German zwei.

発音

• IPA: /ˈtweː.jen/
• 韻: -eː.jen

数詞

twēġen

1. two
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Preface to Genesis"‎:

     God ġesċōp ūs twā ēagan and twā ēaran, twā nosþȳrlu and twēġen weoloras, twā handa and twēġen fēt.

     God gave us two eyes and two ears, two nostrils and two lips, two hands and two feet.

使用する際の注意点

• The masculine form twēġen is almost never used in complex numerals. Hence "twenty-two people" is twā and twēntiġ manna, not *twēġen and twēntiġ, and "the twenty-second person" is sē twā and twēntigoþa mann, even though mann ("person") is a masculine noun.

• In poetry, neuter nouns are usually used with tū. However, in prose, they often occur with twā instead, especially in Late West Saxon prose, where tū is almost completely absent.

• The combining form (i.e., the form used as the first element of a compound) is twi-: twidǣlan (“to halve”), twieċġe (“double-edged”), twifeald (“double”), twifēte (“bipedal”), twiwintre (“two years old”). See also þrī, whose combining form is þri-.

語形変化

派生語

• ōþer twēġa
• twēntiġ

派生した語

• Middle English: tweyne, tweien, twaine
  • English: twain
  • Middle Scots: twane (literary)
    • Scots: twain (literary)
  • Yola: twine, twyne