twifold

== English == === Alternative forms === twyfold === Etymology === From Middle English twifold, twifald, from Old English twifeald (“double, twofold”), from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz (“twofold”), equivalent to twi- +‎ -fold. Cognate with Middle High German zwivalt (“double”), Old Norse tvífaldr (“double”), Icelandic tvöfaldur (“double”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtwaɪfəʊld/ === Adjective === twifold (comparative more twifold, superlative most twifold) (archaic) Twofold. === Adverb === twifold (comparative more twifold, superlative most twifold) (archaic) In a twofold manner or measure. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === tuifald, tuifold, twifald, twyfold twifeald, twifeld (Early Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English twifeald, from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz; compare twofold. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtwiːfɔːld/, /ˈtwifɔːld/ === Adjective === twifold double, twofold (having two parts) wavering, uncertain insincere, dissimulating (rare) Folded in two. ==== Descendants ==== English: twifold (archaic) === References === “twī̆fōld, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.