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twirǽdness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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twirǽdness, e; f.
Discord, dissension, disagreement
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  • Sacu and twirǽdnyss

    (strife, seditions,

    • Gal. 5, 20
      • ),
    • Homl. Skt. i. 17, 26.

  • Ðæt swá hweþer swá hit wǽre swá sibb swá twyrédnys betweónan Saxan and Myrcenum, ðæt ðæt mynster beó ǽfre on sibbe.

    • Cod. Dip. B. i. 156, 16.

  • Se ðe sibbe Drihtnes twyrǽdnysse mid hátheortnysse tóbrycþ

    qui pacem Domini discordiae furore rumpit,

    • Scint. 10, 2.

  • God ná ys twyrǽdnysse

    (dissensionis)

    • God, 134, 6.

  • Be twirǽdnysse

    de discordia,

    • 133, 17.

  • Se wæs for sumere twyrǽdnesse on cwertern ásend,

    seditione

    • Lk. Skt. 23, 19.

  • Ða ðe ceáste and twyrǽdnysse styredon,

    Homl. Th. ii. 338, 11.

  • Ðonne gé geseóþ gefeoht and twyrǽdnessa

    (seditiones),

    • Lk. Skt. 21, 9.

  • Twyrédnysse

    dissensiones,

    • R. Ben. Interl. 109, 17.

  • Twirédnesse

    discordias,

    • Kent. Gl. 1124.
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v.  án-rǽdnes.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “twirǽdness.” 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/31316.

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