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English
Etymology
From Middle English twifold, twifald, from Old English twifeald (“double, twofold”), from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz (“twofold”), equivalent to twi- + fold. Cognate with Middle High German zwivalt (“double”), Old Norse tvífaldr (“double”), Icelandic tvöfaldur (“double”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
twifold (comparative more twifold, superlative most twifold)
- (archaic) Twofold.
Adverb
twifold (comparative more twifold, superlative most twifold)
- (archaic) In a twofold manner or measure.
Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English twifeald, from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz; compare twofold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtwiːfɔːld/, /ˈtwifɔːld/
Adjective
twifold
- double, twofold (having two parts)
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prologue of the Chanons Yeman”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC,
folio lxiii, recto:
Aboute the paytrel ſtode the fome ful hye
He [the hors] was of fome as flecked sa a pye
A male twyfolde on his croper lay
It ſemed that he caryed lytel aray- The foam stood high on the poitrel
He was as speckled as a pie with foam
A twofold satchel lay on his crupper
It seemed he was dressed lightly
- wavering, uncertain
- insincere, dissimulating
- (rare) Folded in two.
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