name
Meaning 1
A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
thwaite
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Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθweɪ̯t/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /ˈθwæɪ̯t/
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rhymes with -eɪt
noun
Meaning 2
A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: riding, royd, assart
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of twaite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Etymology
Habitational surname from any of several small villages in England, ultimately from Old Norse þveit (“paddock”).
Inherited 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 þwītan (“to thwite; cut; cut off”). Doublet of doit, and possibly of twat.