tvinna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tvinna, from Proto-Germanic *twiznōną, *twiznāną (to thread). Cognate with German zwirnen, English twine.

Pronunciation

Verb

tvinna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tvinnaði, supine tvinnað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to twine, to twist

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

tvinna

  1. simple past of tvinne
  2. past participle of tvinne

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tvinna, from Proto-Germanic *twiznōną, *twiznāną (to thread). Cognate with English twine, German zwirnen.

Verb

tvinna

  1. (often with a particle like ihop (together), samman (together), or upp (up (untwist))) to twist, to twine (thread, a rope, a moustache or the like)
    Hon tvinnade ihop trådarna
    She twisted the threads together

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