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þweál

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
þweál, es; n. m.
Wright's OE grammar
§329;
washing
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  • Ðhuehl, thuachl

    delumentum,

    • Txts. 55, 641.

  • Þweál,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 20: ii. 25, 18:

    delumentum, i.

    lavatio,

    • 138, 52:

    lustramentum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 483, 20.

  • Ðeáh swín áðwægen sié, gif hit eft filþ on ðæt sol, ðonne biþ hit fúlre ðonne hit ǽr wæs, and ne forstent ðæt ðweál náuht,

    • Past. 54
      • ;
    • Swt. 421, 3.

  • Hwæt forstent him ðæt ǽrre ðweál (

    lavatio

    ),
    • 21.

  • Ðæt wæter his bána ðweáles

    aqua lavacri,

    • Bd. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 536, 6.

  • Clǽnsunge ðweáles and bæþes

    lavacri purificationem,

    • 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 495, 16.

  • Be weres þweále

    de viri lotione,

    • L.Ecg. C. xxvi. tit.
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 130, 10.

  • Æfter fóta ðweále

    post pedum lavationem,

    • Anglia xiii. 392, 392: R. Ben. 83, 23.

  • For ðæs reáfes þweále,

    • 91, 4.

  • Swýn ðe cyrþ tó meoxe æfter his ðweále,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 380, 11.

  • Se Hǽlend hí áþwóh mid þweále,

    • 242, 29: Blickl. Homl. 147, 22.

  • Mid þweále ðæs hálgan fulluhtes,

    • Lchdm. iii. 434, 2.

  • Eádig ðú eart ðe onfénge ðone þweál mínre gife,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 111.

  • Þweálu clǽnes wǽles

    lavacra puri gurgitis,

    • Hymn. Surt. 52, 13.

  • Þweála (þweálu, MS. A.) calica

    baptismata calicum,

    • Mk. Skt. 7, 8.
    [Forhabbe hé hyne wyð ǽlc þweald, Lchdm. iii. 134, 25.]
what is used in washing, ointment.
(Cf.
Icel. þvál a kind of soap, þvæla to wash with soap
:
Swed. twål hard soap.
)
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v. þweán, II
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  • Pund ðuahles

    librum ungenti,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3.
Etymology
[
Goth. þwahl; n. lavacrum
:
O. H. Ger. dwahal.
]
Similar entries
v. fót-, hand-, heáfod-þweál.
Linked entries
v.  þweán.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þweál.” 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/32364.

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