þvá

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See also: ýva and þva

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þwahaną, whence also Old English þwēan, Old Saxon thwahan, Old High German dwahan (dialectal German zwagen), Gothic 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þwahan).

Verb

þvá (singular past indicative þó, plural past indicative þógu, past participle þveginn)

  1. to wash

Conjugation

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: þvo
  • Faroese: tváa
  • Norwegian: två
  • Old Swedish: þvā
  • Old Danish: þwā, thwo, tho
    • Danish: to