twi-béte
- adjective
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Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge oþþe on hire hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó, sié hit twybéte, (twibóte, MS. B.: twybóte, MS. H.) swá wé ǽr be lǽwdum men fundon (in the case of a nun the bót
for the offences referred to was twice that in the case of a lay woman;
the case of the latter is the subject of sect.- 11; Th. i. 68, 13-70, 2), L. Alf. pol. 18; Th. i. 72, 10.
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Gif hwá lengcten*-*bryce gewyrce . . . þurh ǽnige heálíce misdǽda, sý ðæt twybéte (twibóte,
- MS. B.), L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 404, 1.
Bosworth, Joseph. “twi-béte.” 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/31234.
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