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twiwa

  • adverb
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Grammar
twiwa, tweowa, twuwa, tuwa, tuwwa, tua, twiga, twigea, twige, twía; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§454;
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  • Hé hine twiwa (tuwa,

      MS. L.) mid fyrde gesóhte, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 37.
  • Ðæt heó on geáre twigea (twiwa,

      MS. H.: tuwa, MS. B.) blówe, Lchdm. i. 320, 13.
  • Hé gefeaht II (tweowa,

      MS. C.) wið ðone cyning, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 9.
  • Tweowa on dæg

    bis in die,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17.
  • Twuwa,

      Scint. 80, 11.
  • Hú ne mynegodest ðú mé nú tuwa? Bt. 35,

      2; Fox 156, 14.
  • Tuwa (twiga,

      Bd. M.), Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 16.
  • Tuwa (twigea,

      Bd. M.) on geáre, 4, 5; S. 573, 6.
  • Tuwa (tuiga,

      Lind.), Mk. Skt. 14, 30.
  • Tua (tuwa,

      MSS. A. B. C.: twiga, Lind., Rush.), 14, 72.
  • Ic fæste tuwa (tuigo,

      Lind.: twige, Rush.) on ucan, Lk. Skt. 18, 12.
  • Ǽne oðþe tua (tuwa,

      MSS. T. F.), R. Ben. 74, 20: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 80.
  • Oftor ðonne tuwwa (tuwa,

    other MSS.

    ),
      Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 20.
  • Twiga þriga

    bis terque,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 35. ¶ With numerals :--
  • Sió gestód tuwa seofon hund wintra ...; ðæt is III c wintra and I M

      , Ors. 6, I; Swt. 252, 6.
  • Tuwa fífe

    binas quinquies.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 25.
  • Tuwa fíftig

    bis quingentenum,

      11, 76.
  • Twige,

      Hpt. Gl. 486, 77.
  • Twía seofon beóþ feówertýne, Anglia viii. 302, 45.
  • Twía fíf beóþ týn,

      328, 22.
Etymology
[A.R. twie, twien, twies: Laym. twien (twie, 2nd MS.): Gen. and Ex. twie: O.E. Homl. twiȝen, twies: Orm. twiȝȝess: O. Frs. twía, tuiia.]
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v.  tuwa tweowa twía twiga twige twuwa.
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  • twiwa, adv.