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twégen

  • noun [ masculinefeminineneuter ]
  • numeral
  • adjective
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Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara, twoegra, tuoera.
Wright's OE grammar
§449; §450;
Two.
used adjectivally
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  • Tuégen stridi

    passus,

    • Txts. 85, 1510.

  • Twégen (twǽgen, MS. E.) aldormen,

    • Chr. 822
      • ;
    • Erl. 62, 12.

  • Twégen englas,

    • Gen. 19, 1.

  • Óþre twégen sealmas,

    • R. Ben. 37, 11.

  • Twǽgen míne mégas,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23.

  • Twoegen gibróþæra,

    • Txts. 127, 1.

  • Miððý wéron onfence fíf hláfo and twé fiscas,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 41.

  • Brýda twá,

    • Cd. Th. 65, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 1075.

  • Twá þeóda . . . twá folc,

    • Gen. 25, 23.

  • Sinhíwan twá,

    • Cd. Th. 49, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 789.

  • Ðæt tweágea (twégea, Hatt. MS.) bleó godweb,

    • Past. 14
      • ;
    • Swt. 86, 14.

  • Of ðissa twégea (tuéga, Hatt. MS.) monna múðe,

    • 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 48, 10.

  • Twégra gebróðra bearn oððe twégea gesweostra sunu and dohtor,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • M. 70, 4-5.

  • Ðissa twéga yfela áuþer,

    • Bt. 6
      • ;
    • Fox 16, 2.

  • Ys ðeós wyrt twégea (twégra, MSS. B. O.)cynna,

    • Lchdm. i. 204, 9.

  • Twégra (tuoegara, Lind.: twoegra, Rush.: tweire, later MS.) manna gewitnes,

    • Jn. Skt. 8, 17.

  • Twoega nétna

    duorum animalium,

    • Ps. Surt. ii. p. 189, 6.

  • Tuoera scyldigra,

    • Lk. Skt. p. 5, 14.

  • Hié wǽrun on twǽm (tuǽm, l. 30) gefylcum,

    • Chr. 871
      • ;
    • Erl. 74, 16.

  • His wífum twǽm,

    • Cd. Th. 66, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 1090:
    • Beo. Th. 2387
      • ;
    • B. 1191.

  • His twám gebróðrum,

    • Gen. 9, 22: 19, 30.

  • Twám (tuǽm, Lind.: twǽm, Rush.) hláfordum þeówian,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 24.

  • On ðysum twám bebodum,

    • 22, 40.

  • On twám styccum,

    • Exon. Th. 70, 15
      • ;
    • Cri. 1139.

  • Ic hæbbe twégen suna,

    • Gen. 42, 37.

  • Heó geseah twégen (tuoege, Lind.: twoege, Rush.) englas sittan,

    • Jn. Skt. 20, 12: Lk. Skt. 10, 35.

  • Twégen (tuóge, Lind.: twoege, Rush.) briddas,

    • 2, 24.

  • Ymb twǽgen mónðas,

    • Chr. 871
      • ;
    • Erl. 75, 28.

  • Ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte,

    • Ex. 14, 22.

  • Twá turtlan (tuoe (twoege, Rush.) turturas, Lind.)

    par turturum,

    • Lk. Skt. 2, 24.

  • Hé gelǽrde twuá mǽgþa,

    • Shrn. 131, 26.

  • Wé habbaþ twá (tuá, Hatt. MS.) bebodu,

    • Past. 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 48, 13.

  • Twá eágan (tuoe égo, Lind.) hæbbende,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 18, 9.

  • Bring mé twá ða betstan tyccenu,

    • Gen. 27, 9, Ofer tú folc, Bd. 3, 21
      • ;
    • S. 551, 33.
Grammar
twégen, used substantively,
absolutely
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  • Twégen of his leorningcnihtum,

    • Jn. Skt. 1, 35,

  • Twégen of eów,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 18, 19.

  • Ðǽr twégen (tuoe,Lind.: twége, Rush.: tweigen, later MS.) oððe þrý synt gegaderode,

    • 18, 20.

  • Twá (tuoege ł tuu wíf duae,Lind.: twá, Rush.) beóð æt cwyrne grindende,

    • 24, 41: Lk. Skt. 17, 35.

  • Tuu in líchome ánum,

    • Rtl. 106, 32.

  • Twéga sang

    bicinium,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 4.

  • On twégra gewittnesse (in múð tuoe witnesa, Lind.: in múþe twégen gewitnesse, Rush.: tweigre, later MS.)

    in ore duorum testium,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 18, 16.

  • Ðá sende hé twégen (tuoege, Lind.: twǽgen, Rush.) hys leorningcnihta,

    • 11, 2.

  • Ðara scipa tú (twá, MS. E.) hé genam,

    • Chr. 882
      • ;
    • Erl. 82, 11.

  • Ðæt wé twá (tuu, MS. T.) oþþe ðreó gehýron,

    • Bd. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 533. 28.
distributively
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  • Hé sende hig twám

    misit illos binos,

    • Lk. Skt. 10, 1.

  • Hé sende hí twám and twám,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 528, 27: 530, 1.

  • Ða wuniaþ twám and þrím ætgædere

    bini aut terni

    ,
    • R. Ben. 9, 15.

  • Steorran of heofenan feóllan, náht be ánan oððe twám, ac swá þiclíce ðæt hit nán mann áteallan ne mihte,

    • Chr. 1095
      • ;
    • Erl. 231, 21.
with qualifying or defining words
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  • Wit Adam twá

    we two, Adam and I,

    • Cd. Th. 290, 6
      • ;
    • Sat. 411.

  • Wer and wíf, hí tú beóþ in ánum líchroman,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 491, 13.

  • Hwelce twá synd wiþerweardran ðonne gód and yfel?

    • Bt. 16, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 56, 6.

  • Wurdon ðam æðelinge bearn áféded, freólícu tú,

    • Cd. Th. 102, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 1708.

  • Uncer twéga,

    • 110, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 1835: Beo. Th. 5057
      • ;
    • B. 2532.

  • Ðonne him mon ðissa twégea (tuéga, Hatt. MS.) hwæðer ondrǽt,

    • Past. 27
      • ;
    • Swt. 188, 9.

  • Hwæðer ðara twégra (twéga, Cott. MS.) þincþ ðé mihtigra?

    • Bt. 36, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 178, 15.

  • Ðyssa twíga mǽst,

    • Lchdm. iii. 28, 15.

  • Mon dyde him twǽm ðone triumphan,

    • Ors. 6, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 262, 25.

  • Wið him twǽm,

    • 6, 36
      • ;
    • Swt. 294, 16.

  • Betwih him twám,

    • Bd. 1, 13
      • ;
    • S. 482, 1.

  • Andreas wæs óþer of ðám twám (tuǽm, Lind.: twǽm, Rush.)

    erat Andreas unus ex duobus,

    • Jn. Skt. 1, 40.

  • Be ðám neáhstan twám is æfter tó cweþanne,

    • Bd. 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 594, 12.

  • Him twám

    duobus ex eis,

    • Mk. Skt. 16, 12.

  • Ðá gebletsode Metod monna cynnes ða forman twá, fæder and móder,

    • Cd. Th. 12, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 194.

  • Hé dráf of wícum dreórigmód tú, idese and his ágen bearn

    (Hagar and Ishmael)

    ,
    • 169, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 2804.
Grammar
twégen, in particular phrases
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  • Óþer twéga, oððe . . . oððe

    either . . . or,

    • Bt. 11, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 30, 26: 11, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 34, 23.

  • Ðeáh heó an tú tefleówe,

    • Past. 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 49, 11:
    • Exon. Th. 70, 19
      • ;
    • Cri. 1141:
    • Chr. 885
      • ;
    • Erl. 82, 19.

  • Tósliten on twá (tuu, Lind. Rush.),

    • Mk. Skt. 15, 38.

  • On twá (tú, Cott. MS.),

    • Bt. 34, 11
      • ;
    • Fox 150, 32.

  • On twá (twuá, Cott. MS.),

    • 38, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 202, 27.

  • Hí on twá férdon

    they parted,

    • Homl. Th. i. 388, 20.

  • Ðæt wæter wearð tó twá tódǽled

    divisa est aqua,

    • Ex. 14, 21.
used in combination with other numerals,
Grammar
twégen, with cardinals,
Grammar
twégen, multiplicative
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  • Tú hund and þreó swylce þrittig eác wintra,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 3
      • ;
    • El. 2.

  • Twá hund,

    • 1264
      • ;
    • El. 634.

  • Twá (tuu,Lind.: tú, Rush.), hund elna,

    • Jn. Skt. 21, 8.

  • On twégera hundred penega wurþe,

    • 6, 7.

  • Mid twám hundred penegon,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 37.

  • Twá þúsendo,

    • Cd. Th. 189, 14
      • ;
    • Exod. 184.
added to the decades
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  • Twá (tuoege, Lind.: tú, Rush.) and hundseofantig

    septuaginta duos,

    • Lk. Skt. 10, 1.

  • Hundseofontig tuoegi,

    • Rtl. 113, 22.

  • Nánne ðara twá and twéntigra monna,

    • Ors. 6, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 256, 1.
Grammar
twégen, with ordinals
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  • Se twá and feówertigeða sealm,

    • R. Ben. 37, 14.

  • Ðane twá and syxtigeþan,

    • 36, 16.

  • On ðære twá and twéntugoðan wucan,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 14, rubric.

  • Móna se twá and twéntigoðe,

    • Lchdm. iii. 194, 17.
Grammar
twégen, with the force of an adverb
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  • Hé tódǽlde hig twá

    divisit ea per medium,

    • Gen. 15, 10.

  • Ðǽr wearþ micel gefeoht tuá (tuwa in three MSS.) on geáre,

    • Chr. 885
      • ;
    • Erl. 84, 7.

  • Tú swá lange swá ða óðru

    twice as long as the others,

    • 897
      • ;
    • Erl. 95, 12.

  • Nymaþ twá swá micel feós

    pecuniam duplicem ferte,

    • Gen. 43, 12.

  • Selle man him twá swylc swylce man æt him nime,

    • Lchdm. i. 400, 17.

  • Seó hell ys twá swá deóp, and heó ys ealswá wíd,

    • Wulfst. 146, 10.

  • Seóð ðú hit twá swá swíðe swá hit ǽr wæs,

    • Lchdm. iii. 12, 21.
[
Goth. twai; m. twós; f. twa; n.; gen. twaddjé; dat. twaim; acc. twans; m. twós; f. twa; n.
:
O. Sax. twéne; m. twá, twó; f, twé; n.; gen. twéió; dat. twém:
O. Frs. twéne; m. twá; f. twá; n.; gen. twéra, twíra; dat. twám
:
O. H. Ger. zwéne; m. zwá, zwó f. zwei; n.; gen. zweio, zweiio, zweiero; dat. zweim
:
Icel. tveir; m. tvær; f. tvau; n.; gen. tveggja; dat. tveim; acc. tvá; m. tvær; f. tvau; n.
]
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v.  tú tuu twá.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “twégen.” 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/31196.

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