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Old English
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Etymology
Calque of Latin diphthongus (literally “twofold-sound”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtwiˌfæ͜ɑld sweːj/,
Noun
twifeald swēġ m
- diphthong
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
Dyptongvs is twyfeald swēġ oððe twyfeald stæfġefēġ, and ðāra synd fēower...- Dyptongvs is a diphthong or twofold syllable, and there are four...