tvinna

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtvɪnːa/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

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

Conjugation

References

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