twi-férlǽcan
To dissociate
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To dissociate Ða ðe hí sylfe fram sóðre lufe twyférlǽcaþ (-eþ, MS.) qui semetipsos a caritate dissociant, Scint. 6, 8
twi-béte
Needing double compensation
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Needing double compensation; a term applied to an offence when from special circumstances the bót was twice that to be paid in an ordinary case Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge oþþe on hire hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó, sié hit twybéte
twi-browen
Twice-brewed
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Twice-brewed On twybrownum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 120, 10
twi-heáfdode
Double-headed
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Double-headed Twyheáfdede anceps, biceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 9, 10. Twyheáfdede oððe se ðe hæfþ twégen líchaman bicorpor, 9, 21; Zup. 47, 17
twi-sceatte
To the extent of a double payment
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To the extent of a double payment Sió bót biþ twysceatte máre the 'bót' shall be twice as much, L. Alf. pol. 66; Th. i. 96, 31
Linked entry: -sceatte
twi-spunnen
Double-spun ⬩ twice spun
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Double-spun, twice spun Of twispunnenum twíne línenum torta bysso. Past. 14; Swt. 83, 23
Linked entry: twi-þráwen
twi-snǽse
Double-pointed ⬩ cloven
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Double-pointed, cloven Twysnésum bisulcis, Germ. 393, 73
Linked entries: -snǽse twi-snæcce
twi-wyrdig
Making contradictory or discordant statements ⬩ at variance in what is said
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Making contradictory or discordant statements, at variance in what is said Hié swá twywyrdige sindon they disagree in what they say (ille promisit futura meliora, isti asserunt meliora praeterita), Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 8. Hé com tó Róme and diégellíce
hunig-teár
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Ahlúttredes hunig-teáres defecati nectaris, Hpt. Gl. 468, 37. Hunigteáres carene, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 65
-twih
twín
Linen
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Twín, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 14. Twiðrǽwen twín. . . ðæt geðrǽwene twín, (torta byssus) Past. 14; Swt. 87, 18, 42: Swt. 89, 2. Of twi-spunnenum twíne línenum torta bysso, Swt. 83, 23. Mid geedþráwenum twíne cum bysso retorto, Hpt. Gl. 431, 38: Wrt.
Linked entry: twínen
twin
Twin ⬩ double
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Twin, double Twinnum sangum geminis concentibus, Hpt. Gl. 467, 31. An had off twinne kinde, (double) Orm. 1361. He spacc off hise twinne kindess (two, twin, natures,) 17478.
Linked entry: twinn
bátwá
BOTH THE TWO ⬩ both
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BOTH THE TWO, both: Bátwá Adam and Eue both Adam and Eve, Cd. 37; Th. 47, 24; Gen. 765: Gen. 26, 35
Linked entry: bútú
þý-dǽges
On that day ⬩ then
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On that day, then Gif ðǽr byð án ofer ða seofon, ðonne tácnaþ ðæt ðæt se mónð gǽð on Sunnandæg on túne; gif ðǽr beóð ofer ða seofon twá oððe þreó, feówer oððe fífe oððe syxe, wite ðú tó sóðe ðæt ðýdæges cymð sé mónð tó manuum, Anglia viii. 304, 13: 310
hæring-tíma
Herring-season
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Herring-season Twegen hæringc-tíman two herring-seasons, Th. Chart. 338, 34
fæsten-tíd
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Transfer the last two passages to riht-fæstentíd, and add
ác-tán
An oak-twig
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An oak-twig Áctánas, Lch. ii. 322, 19
Linked entry: tán
hearm-tán
A twig of sorrow or evil
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A twig of sorrow or evil, Cd. 47; Th. 61, 4; Gen. 992