twies

Middle English

Middle English numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  1 2 3  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: two, tweye, tweyne
    Ordinal: secunde
    Adverbial: twie, twies
    Multiplier: twofold

Alternative forms

  • twiese, twise, twisse, tuies, tuise

Etymology

From twie +‎ -es,[1] perhaps due to the analogy of ones (“once”).[2]

Adverb

twies

  1. twice (two times)
    Synonym: twie

Descendants

  • English: twice

References

  1. ^ “twīes, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Mustanoja, Tauno F. (1960), “Cases”, in A Middle English Syntax (Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique de Helsinki; 23), volume I: Parts of Speech, Helsinki: Société Néophilologique, page 91; republished at Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016, →DOI, →ISBN.
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