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twǽman

  • verb [ weak ]
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twǽman, p. de
To divide, separate, part,
to prevent the joining of objevte
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  • Dyple . . . Þys táken gesetton ða ealdan wríteras on ciriclícum bócum, ðæt hig twǽmdon oððe ætýwdon ða gewitnyssa háligra gewrita,

    (diple signum in libris praesertim ecclesiasticis ad distinctionem oppositum, Migne)

    • Anglia viii.334, 11.
to part what has been joined
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  • Man wite, ðæt hý þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, ðe læs ðe man eft twǽme ðæt man ǽr áwóh tósomne gedydon wǽron siððen tótweamde for sibreden,

    (cf. hí (William and his wife)

    • Chr. 1127
      • ;
    • Erl. 255, 20
      • ),
    • L. Edm. B. 9
      • ;
    • Th. i. 256, 10.
to divide, cause dissension aminy
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  • Ðæt wé ne lǽtan ús deófol twǽman,

    • Wulfst. 272, 24.
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twǽman, intrans.
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  • Wé nellaþ, Drihten, nǽfre fram ðé twǽman,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 11, 169.

  • Ic uulle mine kineþeode twemen mine bearnen,

    • Laym. 2948.

  • His attente is uorte unuestnen (tweamen, MS. C.) heorten,

    • A. R. 252, 2.

  • Ne mei unc nowðer lif ne deað tweamin atwa,

    • Marh. 5, 17.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “twǽman.” 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/31190.

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