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Getwisan
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Ġetwysan
Etymology
From the plural of ang ġetwisa twin, translating la Geminī.
Pronunciation
Ġetwisan
Noun
Ġetwisan m-p
ang astrology Gemini (Zodiac sign)
c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
ang Sume naman sind ēac þe nabbaþ ānfeald ġetæl, ac bēoþ ǣfre maniġfealdlīċe ġecwedene, swā swā bēoþ twā þāra twelf tācna, Ġetwisan and Fiscas. There are also some nouns that don't have a singular number, but are always used in the plural, including two of the twelve Zodiac signs, Gemini and Pisces.
Declension
Ġetwis pl