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twi-béte

  • adjective
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twi-béte, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§585;
Needing double compensation; a term applied to an offence when from special circumstances the bót was twice that to be paid in an ordinary case
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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.
  • Gif hwá lengcten*-*bryce gewyrce . . . þurh ǽnige heálíce misdǽda, sý ðæt twybéte (twibóte,

      MS. B.), L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 404, 1.
Etymology
[O. Frs. twi-béte (with the same use as the English word).]
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v. twi-bóte.
Linked entries
v.  -béte.
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