Etymology

Twatt

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Today it means: A settlement in Birsay civil parish, Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY270242). Full definition →

Old Norse þveit
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromþveit“small parcel of land”
  2. English todayTwatt

From Old Norse þveit (“small parcel of land”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norseþveit all →

thwaiteGarthwaiteHebblethwaiteLewthwaiteSwathwickTvedt

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.