twegen

Old English

**Old English numbers ^(edit)**
	20
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Cardinal: twēġen Ordinal: ōþer Adverbial: tweowa Multiplier: twifeald

twēġen

two
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Preface to Genesis"‎:
  God ġesċōp ūs twā ēagan and twā ēaran, twā nosþȳrlu and twēġen weoloras, twā handa and twēġen fēt.
  God gave us two eyes and two ears, two nostrils and two lips, two hands and two feet.

The masculine form twēġen is almost never used in complex numerals. Hence "twenty-two people" is twā and twēntiġ manna, not *twēġen and twēntiġ, and "the twenty-second person" is sē twā and twēntigoþa mann, even though mann ("person") is a masculine noun.

In poetry, neuter nouns are usually used with tū. However, in prose, they often occur with twā instead, especially in Late West Saxon prose, where tū is almost completely absent.

The combining form (i.e., the form used as the first element of a compound) is twi-: twidǣlan (“to halve”), twieċġe (“double-edged”), twifeald (“double”), twifēte (“bipedal”), twiwintre (“two years old”). See also þrī, whose combining form is þri-.

Declension of twēġen — Strong only

Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	twēġen	twā	tū, twā
Accusative	twēġen	twā	tū, twā
Genitive	twēġa, twēġra	twēġa, twēġra	twēġa, twēġra
Dative	twām, twǣm	twām, twǣm	twām, twǣm
Instrumental	twām, twǣm	twām, twǣm	twām, twǣm

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