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twǽde

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Grammar
twǽde, adj.
Doubled (?), containing two of three parts of a whole; the word occurs mostly as substantive, two thirds, two parts of three
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  • Wylle óþ sié twǽde bewylled ðæs wóses (cf. bewyl óþ þriddan dǽl, 120, 15)

    boil till two thirds of the juice are boiled away,

    • Lchdm. ii. 38, 11.

  • Wylle óþ ðæt se wǽta sié twǽde on bewylled (cf. 266, 31)

    boil till the liquor be boiled down to two thirds,

    • 332, 17.

  • Dó twǽde ðæs wínes and þriddan dǽl ðæs huniges

    put two parts of wine to one of honey,

    • 306, 26.

  • Dó ðæs meluwes twǽde and ðæs sealtes þriddan dǽl,

    • 314, 5.

  • Dó ðæs huniges twǽde and ðære buteran þriddan dǽl,

    • 316, 7.

  • Dó ðæs swefles swilcan ðara wyrta twǽde

    to the quantity of sulphur put twice as much of the plants,

      78, 8.

  • Se biscop and ða hígen áhten twǽde ðæs wuda and ðæs mæstes,

    • Chart. Th. 70, 29.

  • Se cyning áh twǽdne dǽl (twegen dǽlas,MSS. B. H.) weres, þriddan dǽl sunu oþþe mǽgas,

    • L. In. 23
      • ;
    • Th. i. 116, 15.
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. tuédi half
:
O. Frs. twéde two thirds, also half; twédnath two thirds.
]
Similar entries
Cf.twi-dǽl .
Linked entries
v.  þridda.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “twǽde.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31188.

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