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tweógan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tweógan, tweón; p. tweóde.
Wright's OE grammar
§98; §537;
with impersonal construction, to inspire doubt into a person (acc. ),
with gen. of object of doubt
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  • Wé witon ðæt nánne mon ðæs ne tweóþ, ðæt se seó strong on his mægene ðe mon gesihþ ðæt stronglíc weorc wyrcþ,

      Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 28.

  • Ne tweóþ mé ðæs náuht,

      36, 3; Fox 176, 16: Exon. Th. 117, 13; Gú. 223.

  • Nánne mon ðæs tweógan ne þearf, ðæt ealle men geendiaþ on ðam deáþe,

      Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 34: 33, 1; Fox 120, 24.

  • Tweógean,

      Blickl. Homl. 43, 1.
with a preposition
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  • Ymb ðæt ðe hiene tweóde, orn hé intó ðæm temple, and frægn ðæs Dryhten . . . Hié sculon, ðonne hié ymb hwæt tweóþ, cyrran tó hiera ágnum inngeðonce,

      Past. 16; Swt. 102, 4-8.
with a clause
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  • Nǽnne mon ne tweóþ, ðæt God sý swá mihtig,

      Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 4: 36, 3; Fox 176, 15.

  • Ne ðé náuht ǽr ne tweóde, ðætte God weólde ealles middaneardes,

      35, 2; Fox 156, 30.

  • Ðéh ðe hié ǽr tweóde, hwæðer hiene mon gefliéman mehte,

      Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 192, 15.

  • And ðæt ðý læs tweóge, hwæðer ðis sóþ sý, ic cýþe hwanan mé ðás spell cóman

    ut occcaionem dubitandi subtraham, quibus auctoribus didicerim intimare curabo,

      Bd. pref.; S. 471, 20.

  • Hine wile tweógan, hwæðer heó him sóð secge,

      Wulfst. 3, 7.

  • Nǽnigne tweógean ne þearf, ðæt seó wyrd geweorþan sceal,

      Blickl. Homl. 83, 9.

  • Tweógan,

      Bt. 37, 3; Fox 190, 8.
absolute
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  • Ic wát ðætte wile woruldmen tweógan,

      Met. 4, 51.
to feel doubt, to doubt, hesitate,
with gen. of object of doubt
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  • Ne tweóþ ðæs nán (nǽnne,

      Cott. MS.) mon, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 5.

  • Ne mæg ic ðæs nó tweógan (twiógean,

      Cott. MS.), 34, 9; Fox 146, 26: 35, 4; Fox 160, 18.

  • Ðæs tweógan ne þearf ǽnig,

      Exon. Th. 147, 13; Gú. 726.
with preposition
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  • Ic nát ymbe hwæt ðú tweóst,

      Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 13.

  • Gif gé tweógaþ be ðǽm ælmessum,

      Blickl. Homl. 41, 20.

  • Ne tweóge ðis folc (

    or acc.?

    ) be hire untrumnesse,
      143, 12.

  • Be ðam nis tó tweógenne, ac is tó gelýfanne,

      Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 33.
with an infinitive
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  • Hí ne tweódon férende beón tó ðam écan lífe,

      Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 38.
with a clause
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  • Ic náuht ne tweóge ðæt ðú hit mǽge gelǽstan,

      Bt. 36, 3; Fox 174, 31.

  • Ðú cwist ðæt ðú náht ne tweóge ðætte God ðisse worulde rihtere sié,

      5, 3; Fox 12, 13.
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  • Hé swýðor tweóþ ðonne se ǽrra,

      Wulfst. 3, 10.

  • Se ðe cuoeðas and ne tuáes ł ne getuíga (ne twiás ł ne twióge, Rush.)

    qui dixerit et non haesitaverit,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 23.

  • Gif gé ne twígaþ

    si non haesitaveritis,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 21.

  • Tuiáde

    haesitabat,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 7.

  • Sume tweódun

    quidam dubitaverunt,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 17.

  • Twiódun (tuiáton, Lind.)

    haesitabant,

      Jn. Skt. Rush. 13, 22.

  • Ne tweóge

    non cunctante,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 49.

  • Hé hine hét ðæt hé ne tweóde, ac ðæt hé wǽre ánrǽd,

      Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 30, 7.

  • Ðá ðæt folc ongan tweógan on heora heortan,

      Blickl. Homl. 143, 8.

  • Tó tweónne

    nutabundum,

      Hpt. Gl. 459, 5.

  • Tuígendi

    anceps,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 40.

  • Tweógende,

      7, 2.

  • Tweógende mód,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1542; An. 772.

  • Nǽnig tweógende secgend

    non quilibet dubius relator,

      Bd. 3, 15; S. 542, 7.

  • Tweógende cyningas

    reges dubii,

      4, 26; S. 603, 17.

  • Tweógende

    hesitantes,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 22: 74, 19.
Etymology
[O. Sax. twehón: O. H. Ger. zwehón dubitare, hesitare, cunctari.]
Similar entries
v. ge-tweógan, un-tweógende, -tweónde.
Linked entries
v.  tuáes tweón twiógan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tweógan.” 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/31212.

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