different between twaite vs thwaite
twaite
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twe?t/
Noun
twaite (plural twaites)
- (dialectal) A fish, the twaite shad, Alosa fallax
Anagrams
- atwite
twaite From the web:
thwaite
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English *thwait, a borrowing from Old Norse þveit (“paddock”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”) (see whittle), Danish døjt (“1?160 of the gulden”, dialectal: “a small coin”), German Deut, Dutch duit. Cognate with Old English þw?tan (“to thwite; cut; cut off”). Doublet of doit, and possibly of twat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?we?t/
Noun
thwaite (plural thwaites)
- (archaic) A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing; assart
Related terms
- thwite
Etymology 2
Noun
thwaite (plural thwaites)
- Alternative form of twaite
Anagrams
- waiteth
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