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ge-þwit

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-þwit, es; n.
What is cut or shaved off, shavings, cuttings, chips; assulæ
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  • Heo of ðǽre ilcan styþe spónas þweoton and sceafþan [ðæt geþwit, MS. B.] nómon ond in wæter sendon

    they cut off chips from the very stud [prop] and threw the cuttings into the water,

      Bd. 3, 17, MS. T; S. 544, 44, col. 2, note.
Derived forms
DER. þwítan.
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v.  þwit.
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