twǽde
- adjective
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Wylle óþ sié twǽde bewylled ðæs wóses (cf. bewyl óþ þriddan dǽl, 120, 15)
boil till two thirds of the juice are boiled away,
- Lchdm. ii. 38, 11.
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Wylle óþ ðæt se wǽta sié twǽde on bewylled (cf. 266, 31)
boil till the liquor be boiled down to two thirds,
- 332, 17.
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Dó twǽde ðæs wínes and þriddan dǽl ðæs huniges
put two parts of wine to one of honey,
- 306, 26.
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Dó ðæs meluwes twǽde and ðæs sealtes þriddan dǽl,
- 314, 5.
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Dó ðæs huniges twǽde and ðære buteran þriddan dǽl,
- 316, 7.
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Dó ðæs swefles swilcan ðara wyrta twǽde
to the quantity of sulphur put twice as much of the plants,
- 78, 8.
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Se biscop and ða hígen áhten twǽde ðæs wuda and ðæs mæstes,
- Chart. Th. 70, 29.
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Se cyning áh twǽdne dǽl (twegen dǽlas,
- MSS. B. H.) weres, þriddan dǽl sunu oþþe mǽgas, L. In. 23; Th. i. 116,
15.
- [O. L. Ger. tuédi half: O. Frs. twéde two thirds, also half; twédnath two thirds.] Cf. twi-dǽl.
Bosworth, Joseph. “twǽde.” 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/31188.
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