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1 ÞVEIT
f., or þveiti, n. [the root is found in A. S. þwîtan, pret. þwât = to chop; North. E. thwaite; Chaucer to thwite; cp. also Dutch duit, whence Engl. doit, Germ. deut, Dan. döit = a bit]:—prop. a ‘cut-off piece,’ but occurs only in special usages:1. a piece of land, paddock, parcel of land, it seems orig. to have been used of an outlying cottage with its paddock; þær jarðir allar, bú ok þveiti, all the estates, manor and ‘thwaite,’ where bú and þveiti are opp. to one another, D. N. ii. 81; séttungs þ., áttungs-þ., id.; öng-þveiti, a narrow lane, strait.2. freq. in local names in Norway and Denmark, tvæt, Dan. tvæde (whence Dan. Tvæde as a pr. name); and in North. E. Orma-thwaite, Braith-thwaite, Lang-thwaite, and so on, names implying Danish colonisation: Þveit, Þveitar, f., Þveitin, n., Þveitini (qs. Þveit-vin), Þveitar-ruð, n., Þveitar-garðr, m., Þveitar-fjall, n., D. N. passim; in Icel. local names it never occurs, and is there quite an obsolete word.II. a unit of weight; þveiti mjöls, Boldt; þveitis-leiga, a rent amounting to a þ.; þveitis-ból, a farm of the value or the rent of a þ.; tveggja þveitna (thus a gen. pl. as if from þveita) toll, þveitis toll, D. N. iii. 465; hálf þveit smœrs, Boldt 114.III. [Dutch duit, etc.], a kind of small coin, a doit, a subdivision of an ounce (= a fraction, cut-off piece); in weregild the baugþak was counted thus, sex aurar ok þveiti átta ens fimta tigar, i. e. six ounces and forty-eight doits; hálf mörk ok þveiti tvau ens fjórða tegar, a half mark and thirty-two doits; þrír aurar ok þveiti tuttugu ok fjögur, three ounces and twenty-four doits; tveir aurar ok þveiti sextan, two ounces and sixteen doits, Grág. (Kb.) i. 193; ef maðr stelr minna enn þveiti þá skal heita hvinn, N. G. L. i. 253, cp. B. K. 8–11, 28, 29; þar eru þveiti tuttugu ok þrjú at höfuðbaugi, … átta þveiti, ok þriðjungr ens fimta þveitis, ok hálft fjórða þveiti ok þriðjungr ens þriðja þveitis ok hálft annat þveiti, Grág. (Kb.) i. 202. -
2 dót
n. [North. E. doit], trumpery, trifles, (cant word.)
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doit — doit … Dictionnaire des rimes
doit — [ dwa ] n. m. • 1723; de 1. devoir ♦ Compt. Partie d un compte enregistrant les dettes et les dépenses du titulaire. ⇒ 2. débit. Le doit et l avoir. Dans la comptabilité en partie double, Montant de ce qu un compte doit à un autre. ⊗ CONTR. 2.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Doit — (doit), n. [D. duit, Icel. pveit, prop., a piece cut off. See {Thwaite} a piece of ground, {Thwite}.] 1. A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
doit — doit·ed; doit·kin; doit·ri·fied; doit; … English syllables
doit — 1. (doi) s. m. Terme de commerce. Voy. DEVOIR, verbe. doit ou dois 2. (doi ou doî) s. m. Petit cours d eau, terme usité en Normandie, en Bretagne et ailleurs. • Au passage d un pont ou sur le bord d un dois, LA FONT. Lett. XIX.. En Normandie … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
doit — [doit] n. [Du duit, akin to ON thveiti, a small weight of silver: for IE base see WHITTLE] 1. a small, obsolete Dutch coin of little value 2. anything of trifling value … English World dictionary
Doit — Doit, holländische Münze, so v.w. Deut … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Doit — (spr. deut), ideelles Edelmetallgewicht Englands, = 1/24 Mite = 20 Periots oder 0,135 mg … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Doit — may refer to: Digital Opportunity Investment Trust See also Comrade Deuch (born 1942), Cambodian activist, prison administrator, and defendant Kang Kek Iew This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
doit — [englisch, dɔɪt], Spielanweisung; Ton nach oben ziehen, ohne konkreten Zielton aufwärts gleiten. Notenbild … Universal-Lexikon
doit|ed — «DOY tihd, tiht», adjective. Scottish. enfeebled, especially by age. ╂[perhaps variant of doted] … Useful english dictionary
