tvenne
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[edit]From Old Swedish tvænne, from Old Norse tvennir, from Proto-Germanic *twinaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
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[edit]tvenne
- (archaic or poetic) two, twain
- Synonym: två
- 1897, August Strindberg, translated by Eugène Fahlstedt, Inferno, page 196:
- Tvenne år, två evigheter ha förflutit sedan afskedsord utbyttes mellan henne på flodstranden och mig på ångbåten, som förde mig till Linz på väg till Paris.
- Twain years, two eternities, have passed since farewell words were exchanged between her on the riverbank and me aboard the steamboat that bore me to Linz on my way to Paris.
- 1991, De lyckliga kompisarna (lyrics and music), “Allmosor [Alms]”, in Le som en fotomodell [Smile like a model][1], deliberately archaic language:
- Det gingo tvenne vandrare fram med käppar och krumma ryggar.
- There went twain wanderers forth, with staves and bent backs.
- 2020 September 10, Mats Reimer, “Evidensen för psykodynamisk terapi är fortfarande svag [The evidence for psychodynamic therapy remains weak]”, in Dagens Samhälle (opinion piece):
- Även om många patienter tyvärr inte är hjälpta av vare sig läkemedel eller psykoterapi är det ingen tvekan om vilken av de tvenne psykoterapeutiska utbildningarna som har bäst vetenskaplig förankring.
- Although many patients, unfortunately, are not helped by either medication or psychotherapy, there is no doubt as to which of the two psychotherapeutic disciplines has the strongest scientific foundation.
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