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tvinna

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to twine, to twist [with accusative]

Conjugation

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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tvinna

  1. simple past of tvinne
  2. past participle of tvinne

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

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Conjugation of tvinna (weak)
active passive
infinitive tvinna tvinnas
supine tvinnat tvinnats
imperative tvinna
imper. plural1 tvinnen
present past present past
indicative tvinnar tvinnade tvinnas tvinnades
ind. plural1 tvinna tvinnade tvinnas tvinnades
subjunctive2 tvinne tvinnade tvinnes tvinnades
present participle tvinnande
past participle tvinnad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

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