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þwítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
þwítan, p. þwát, pl. þwiton, þweoton; pp. þwiten
Wright's OE grammar
§490;
To thwite (still in some dialects, e.g. Lancashire), to cut, cut off
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  • Þwíteþ,

    • Exon. Th. 354, 50
      • ;
    • Reim. 63.

  • Monige of åam treówe ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas and sceafþan nimaþ (spónas ðwítaþ, MS. B.)

    multi de ipso ligno sacrosanctae crucis astulas excidere solent,

    • Bd. 3, 2
      • ;
    • S. 524, 31.

  • Monige of ðære ilcan styþe spónas ðweoton and sceatþan nómon (ðæt geþwit náman, MS. B.)

    astulis ex ipsa destina excisis,

    • 3, 17
      • ;
    • S. 544, 44, col. 2
      • (sprytlan ácurfon, col. 1).

  • Genim ðone wyrttruman, delf up, þwít nigon spónas on ða winstran hand,

    • Lchdm. ii. 292, 2.
Etymology
[Telwyn or thwytyn abseco, reseco,
  • Prompt. Parv. 488
. To thwyte dolare,
  • Cath. Angl. 388, and see note.
Cf.
Icel. þveita a small axe, þvita a kind of axe, þveit, þveiti a cut-off piece, a parcel of land.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, for-þwítan; ge-þwit.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þwítan.” 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/32385.

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