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to doubt.
where there is imperfect knowledge.
impersonal construction
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  • Swá hwylc swá hine sylfne getweóge be his fulluhte

    quicunque dubitat de baptismo suo,

      Ll. Th. ii. 236, 37.
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  • Geségon hine worðadun. Sume ðon getwíedon

    videntes eum adoraverunt. Quidam autem dubitaverunt.

      Mt. L. 28, 17.
where there is want of faith, confidence, &c.
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  • Þá hí him neálǽhtan, þá getweóde hié hwæðer hié wið him mæhten

    cum desistendum certamine propter metum periculi arbitrarentur,

      Ors. 1, 14; S. 56, 31.
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  • Him ne getweóde treów in breóstum

    the confidence within him never wavered,

      Gú. 515.

  • Suá h[w]á sé ðe cuoeðas ... and ne getuíga in his hearte ah geléfe

    quicumque dixerit ... et non haesitauerit in corde suo sed crediderit,

      Mk. L. 11, 23.
to hesitate to act
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  • Críst ne getuíeda hondum ꝥ woere sald scyldigra

    Christus non dubitavit manibus tradi nocentium,

      Rtl. 24, 9.

  • Þeáh mé héte God on flód faran nǽre hé þæs deóp þæt his ó mín mód getweóde

    though God should bid me go into the water, the water would not be so deep that my heart would hesitate about it (i.e. going into the water ),

    ac ic tó þám grunde génge,
      Gen. 833.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-twehón: O.H. Ger. ge-zwehón.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-tweógan.” 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/50297.

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