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tweónung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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tweónung, twínung, twýnung, e; f.
Doubt, uncertainty, hesitation
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  • Ðam men biþ módes tweónung,

      Lchdm. ii. 194, 3.

  • Ðæra apostola tweónung be Cristes ǽriste,

      Homl. Th. i. 300, 33.

  • Ðam deófle wæs micel twýnung, hwæt Crist wǽre,

      168, 10.
  • Ðý læs ðe ǽnig twýning eów derian máge be ðam líflícan gereorde, ii. 262, 24.

  • Tw(e)ónunge

    ambiguitatis, dubietatis,

      Hpt. Gl. 422, 32.

  • Went nú moncyn on tweónunga

    men will be in doubt,

      Bt. 4; Fox 8, 18.

  • Hí búton ǽlcere tweónunge sceolon on écnesse forwurðan,

      Homl. Ass. 145, 37.

  • Bútan twýnunge absque ambiguitate, Ælfc. Gr. 272, 13: sine dubitatione, R. Ben. Interl. 52, 12:

    sine scrupulo,

    Anglia xiii.
      367, 24.

  • Gyt mé tweónaþ; ac gif ðú ðás deádan sceaðan árǽrst, ðonne biþ mín heorte geclǽnsod fram ǽlcere twýnunge,

      Homl. Th. i. 72, 32.

  • Twúnunge, twínunge

    scrupulum, dubitationem,

      Hpt. Gl. 504, 77.

  • Sume syndon

    dubitativa, . . .

    ðás getácniaþ twýnunge,
      Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 229, 2.

  • Ic mid tweóningum óðrum monnum bigleofan gesette

    cum aliqua scrupulositate a nobis mensura victus aliorum constituitur,

      R. Ben. 64, 11.

  • Hí ádrǽfdon ealle twýnunga fram úre heortan,

      Homl. Th. i. 302, 3.
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v.  twínung twýnung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tweónung.” 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/31228.

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