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twi-sprǽce

  • adjective
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twi-sprǽce, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§585;
Double-tongued; bilinguis. Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 7. With a metaphorical meaning, deceitful in speech, false in speech, (with pleasant words) flattering, (with envy) detracting
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  • Se ðe wǽre leássagol (twispǽce,

      MS. E.), weorðe se sóðsagol (sóðspǽce), Wulfst. 72, 16.

  • Ne sýn wé tó tǽlende ne tó twigsprǽce

    let us not be too free with calumnies and detractions,

      253, 6.

  • Ne beó ðú nó tó tǽlende ne tó tweo-sprǽce ... ac beó leófwende,

      Exon. Th. 305, 19; Fä. 90.

  • Twispréce

    a flattering (mouth,

      Prov. 26, 28); (os) lubricum, Kent. Gl. 1007.

  • Word twispéces

    the words of a talebearer

    (Prov.
      18, 8); verba bilinguis, 636.

  • Twispécne múð

    the froward mouth

    (Prov.
      8, 13); os bilingue, 243.

  • Gehega ðíne eáran mid þornigum hege, ðæt ðú ne gehýre lustum móde ðæra twysprǽcena word,

      Wulfst. 246, 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “twi-sprǽce.” 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/31334.

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