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twǽming

  • noun [ feminine ]
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twǽming, e; f.
division, separation, severing the connection between objects
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  • Nis seó godcundnys gemenged tó ðære menniscnysse, ne ðǽr nán twǽming nys . . . Hé þurhwunaþ on ánum háde untótwǽmed,

    (Christ)
    • Homl. Th. i. 40, 24-30.

  • Ðǽr biþ seó twǽming rihtwísra manna and árleásra,

    (at the last day)
    • 616, 28.

  • Twǽming is álýfed ðám ðe lufiaþ swíðor ða heálícan clǽnnysse ðonne ða hohfullan gálnysse,

    (separation of man and wife)

    • ii.324, 3.

  • Bið ús sélre ðæt wé his flǽsc*-*lícan lufe fram ús áceorfon, and mid twǽminge áwurpon,

    (by separation from him)

    • i.516, 11.

  • Úre Drihten forbeád ða yfelan twǽmincge betwux twám ǽwum,

    • ii. 322, 32.
separation, distinction
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  • Hé cwæð 'ðæs lifigendan Godes' for twǽminge ðæra leásra goda

    he said 'the living God' to distinguish him from the false gods,

    • Homl. Th. i. 366, 19.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “twǽming.” 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/31192.

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