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twig

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
twig, twí, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §298; §344;
A branch, twig
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  • Twig ramus, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 80:

    palmes,

      Jn. Skt. 15, 6.
  • Hys twig (twi

    later MS.

    ) byþ hnesce,
      Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32.
  • His twí (twig, MS. A.: twi

    later MS.

    ) biþ mearu.
      Mk. Skt. 13, 28.
  • Ic eom swá ðæt twig, ðæt biþ ácorfen of ðam treówe. Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 191.
  • Hé déþ ǽlc twig áweg,

      Jn. Skt. 15, 2.
  • Of ðam twige (

    Abel's murder

    ) ludon réðe wæstme.
      Cd. Th. 60, 28; Gen. 988.
  • Heó brohte án twig (

    ramum

    ) of ánum elebeáme.
      Gen. 8, 11: Cd. Th. 88, 30; Gen. 1473.
  • Gé synt twigu (

    palmites

    ),
      Jn. Skt. 15, 5.
  • Him ða twigu þincaþ merge. Met. 13, 44.
  • Twigu

    arbusta

    (twigges.
      Ps.), Ps. Spl. 79, 11: Blickl. Gl. *ETH;
    onne ða twigo forburston, ðonne gewitan ða sáula niðer, ða ðe on ðǽm twigum hangodan, Blickl. Homl. 211, 3.
  • Tán ł twiga

    vimina, virgulas,

      Hpt. Gl. 428, 34.
  • Twiga

    asserum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 10.
  • Eft spryttendum ðám twigum (

    virgultis

    ) ðæs Pelagianiscan wóles,
      Bd. 1, 21; S. 485, 5.
  • Swilce se wudubeám oferfæðmde ealne middangeard twigum and telgum. Cd. Th. 247,

      28; Dan. 504: 248, 18; Dan. 515.
  • Sume twigu hé lehte mid wætere,

      Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7.
  • Hí námon palmtrýwa twigu (

    ramos palmarum

    ),
      Jn. Skt. 12, 13.
  • Genim wiþowindan twigu,

      Lchdm. ii. 34, 17.
  • Sume seóþaþ ðære reádan netlan twigu,

      218, 6.
  • Twigo settende

    propagines pastinans,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 63.
Etymology
[Heo nomen þa twigga, O.E. Homl. i. 5, 2. He suingcð him mið smele twige, 149, 1. Þe uerþe tuyg. Ayenb. 22, 5. Twygge virgula, ramusculus, Prompt. Parv. 505: vimen, Wülck. Gl. 619, 27. O.H. Ger. zwíg, zwí: Ger. zweig.]
Similar entries
v. ele-, ifig-, palm-, wín-twig; twigu, -twige.
Linked entries
v.  twí twigu.
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