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tweónian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tweónian, twínian, twýnian; p. ode.
impersonal with dat. or acc. of person,
to cause doubt,
absolute
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  • Mé twýnaþ (tweónaþ, MS. H.)

    ambigo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 176, 13.

  • Gyt mé tweónaþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 72, 30.

  • Gif hié giet ðǽr tweónaþ,

      Past. 16; Swt. 103. 9.

  • Ðá twýnude (tweónode, MS. A.) him

    haesitabat,

      Lk. Skt. 9, 7: Homl. Th. ii. 392, 5.
  • Hwí twýnode ðé?, 17.
with gen. of object of doubt
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  • Ðý læs ðe hwam twýnige ðyssere gereccednysse,

      Homl. Th. i. 598, 31.

  • Hú mæg ðé nú twýnian ðæs écan leóhtes?,

      160, 19.
with a preposition
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  • Gif hwam twýnige be ðam gemǽnelícum ǽriste,

      Homl. i. 132, 27.
wiih a gerundial infinitive
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  • Hwæt twýnaþ ðé, oþþe hwæt ondrǽst ðú ðé, ðone Hǽlend tó onfónne?,

      Nicod. 26; Thw. 14, 13.
with a clause
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  • Ðé ne twýnaþ nán ðing, ðæt ðú sáwle hæbbe,

      Homl. Th. i. 160, 21.

  • Him twýnode be hwam hé hit sǽde

    haesitantes de quo dicerit,

      Jn. Skt. 13, 22.

  • Ús ne þearf ná twýnian, ðæt wé gebyrian ne sceolon oððe heofonwarena cyninge oððe hellewítes deóflum,

      Wulfst. 151, 19.
with nom. of person,
to feel doubt, to doubt,
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  • Se ðe ná twýnaþ on heortan his ac gelýfþ

    qui non hesitauerit in corde suo sed crediderit,

      Scint. 127, 1.

  • Swá hwylc swá cwyþ . . . and on his heortan ne twýnaþ (tweónaþ,

      MS. A.), ac gelýfþ, Mk. Skt. 11, 23.

  • Se is lytles geleáfan, se ðe hwæthwega gelýfþ and hwæthwega twýnaþ; se ðe mid ealle twýnaþ, hé is geleáfleás,

      Homl. Th. ii. 392, 17-19.

  • Gif gé habbaþ geleúfan and ne twýniaþ (tweóniaþ,

      MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 21.

  • Hwí twýnedest (tweónedest, MS. A.) ðú

    quare dubitasti?,

      14, 31.

  • Sume hig tweónedon

    quidam dubitaverunt,

      28, 17.
with gen. of object of doubt
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  • Ða beóþ áwyrigde ðe ðises twýniaþ,

      Homl. Skt. i. 5, 107.

  • Hé behátes twíniende heofonlíces

    ille promissi dubius superni,

      Hymn. Surt. 103, 7.
with a preposition
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  • Ná twýna ðú ábútan ende

    non dubites circa finem,

      Scint. 27, 11.

  • Ús is álýfed be ðisum tó twýnienne,

      Homl. Th. ii. 520, 16.
  • (dl with a clause :-- Hé árás, on his móde tweónigende hú heó mihte Iordanes wæteru oferfaran, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 680.
Etymology
[Ȝunge monnan mei tweonian hweðer hí moten a libban, O. E. Homl. i. 109, 14. Þa wile þe heo tweoneden þus, Laym. 907.]
Similar entries
v. ge-tweónian; tweógan.
Linked entries
v.  twínian twýnian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tweónian.” 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/31223.

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