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twi-feald

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twi-feald, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§453; §585;
Twofold, double
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  • Twyfeald duplex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 61; Zup. 70, 2 :

    geminus

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, l : 44, 21: 41, 58.
as a multiplicative,
twice as much, of twice the amount
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  • Gyt synd manega getel on mislícum getácnungum . . .

    duplex

    twyfeald,
      Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 287, 2.

  • Ic ádreáh mycel broc mid Petre; nú is mín yfel twyfeald, nú Paulus ðæt ilce lǽreþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 175, 13.

  • Twifealdum gáste

    (Helisaeus Helia) duplo (dilatuj) spiritu

    ,
      Hpt. Gl 440, 47.

  • Twi-fealdre gife

    bino munere,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 26: Blickl. Homl. 101, 23.

  • Be twyfealdum ic forgylde duplum, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 286, 17 : L. Alf. 25 ; Th. i. 50, 23 : Homl. Th. ii. 562, l. Hé him sylþ twifealdne mete (cibos duplices), Ex. 16, 29. 'Nymaþ twá swá micel fećs swá gé ǽer hæfdon'. . . Ðá námon hig twigfeald feoh

    'pecuniam duplicem ferte'. . . Tulerunt ergo pecuniam duplicem,

      Gen. 43, 12-15.
consisting of two items
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  • Twyfealdre heolra bilance, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, i. Næbbe gé mid eów twyfeald hrægl (næbbe gé twá tunecan, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 10), Blickl. Homl. 233, 18. II a.

    consisting of two parts, containing two elements

    :-- Ðæt twiefalde (twyfealde,
      Cott. MSS.) gesuinc. . .
    ðæt is ðæt hié ondrǽdaþ ðæt hí mon tǽlan wille . . . ; óðer is ðara gesuinca ðæt hí séceaþ endeleáse ládunga. Past. 35; Swt. 239, 4-8.

  • Twufald intinge duplex causa. Mt. Kmbl. p. I. 10. IIb.

    that belongs to one or other of two kinds

    :-- Ege is twyfeald, and ðeówdóm is twyfeald. Án ege is bútan lufe, óðer is mid lufe. . . Swá is eác óðer ðeówt neádunge búton lufe, óðer is sylfwilles mid lufe,
      Homl. Th. ii. 524, 3-6.

  • Wé tweofealdne deáþ ðrowiaþ, oþþe sticode beóþ, oþþe on sǽ ádruncene

    oriuntur duo genera funerum, aut jugulamur, aut mergimur.

      Bd. l, 13; 8. 482, l.
doubtful, irresolute: v. twifealdness,
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  • Hé ða yfelan and ða twyfealdan geþóhtas forlét (cf. hé hine hider and þyder gelómlíce on his móde cyrde,

      28, 8; hé ðám tweógendum geþóhtum wiðstód, 18), and hine S Bartholomeus fréfrode, and hine hét ðæt hé ne tweóde, ac ðæt hé wǽre ánrǽd, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 30, 3-7.
double (as in double dealing), not straightforward, deceitful, v. twifealdness,
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  • Dómes dæg áráfaþ ðæt cliwen ðære twifaldan (twy-fealdan, Cott. MSS.) heortan

    corda duplicitatibus involuta dissolvit

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      Past. 35 ; Swt. 245, 22.

  • Se ðe mid twyfealdum geðance tó mynsterlícre drohtnunge gecyrþ, and sumne dǽl his ǽhta dǽlþ, sumne him sylfum gehylt, . . . hé underféhþ ðone áwyrgedan cwyde mid Annanian and Saphiran, ðe swicedon on heora ágenum ǽhtum,

      Homl. Th. i. 398, 28-33 : ii. 410, 32.

  • Ðæt is syndrig yfel twiefealdra (twy-, Cott. MSS.) monna

    est speciale duplicium malum,

      Past. 35 ; Swt. 243, 24.

  • Unclǽnu and twiefeald mód

    impura corda,

      Swt. 245, 12.
double (as in bent double),
placed together
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  • Ǽlc wág biþ gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale

    duplex semper est in angulis paries

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      Past. 35; Swt. 245, 13.

  • Ðæt yfelwillende mód gefielt hit self twyfeald oninnan him selfum, and sió twyfealdnes ðæs yflan willan hiene selfne twyfealdne gefielt ouinnan him selfum

    malitiosae mentis duplicitas sese infra se colligit

    ,
      242, 6-9.
Etymology
[O. Frs. twi-fald : O. L. Ger. twi-veld, -fold: O. H. Ger. zwi-falt: Icel. tví-faldr.]
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v. un-twifeald.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “twi-feald.” 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/31254.

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