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twín

(n.)
Grammar
twín, es; n.
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Linen Tuum (tuuín ?), tuigin, tuín byssum, Txts. 44, 138. Twín, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 14. Twiðrǽwen twín ( torta byssus ) . . . ðæt geðrǽwene twín, Past. 14; Swt. 87, 18, 42: Swt. 89, 2. Of twi-spunnenum twíne línenum torta bysso, Swt. 83, 23. Mid geedþráwenum

Linked entry: twínen

twin

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Twinne, twifealde. An. Ox. 5085. Add

-twis

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-twis

twig

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Twig flagella, An. Ox. 53, 2: 8. Add

twín

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Hwíte twíne geþráwne bisso retorto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 34. Add

twi-weg

(n.)
Grammar
twi-weg, es; m.
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A place where two roads meet Twiweg bivia vel bivium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 57

palm-twiga

(n.)
Grammar
palm-twiga, (?), an; m.
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A palm-branch Palmtwiga palma, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 312, 9

Linked entry: twiga

líne-twige

(n.)
Grammar
líne-twige, -twigle, an; f.

A linnet

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A linnet Línetwige carduelis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 43: 103, 13: fronulus, 36, 3. Línetuigle fronulus, 109, 14. Cf. þisteltuige cardella, 102, 76

twi-wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
twi-wǽg, e; f.
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A balance Twiwǽge bilance, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 20

ge-twisa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-twisa, an; m.

A twin

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A twin Twegen getwisan two twins, Gen. 38, 27: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 62, 197. Getwisan gemini, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 13: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 5; Lchdm. iii. 244, 24

ge-twisa

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Getwisan germanas (the gloss seems to belong to geminos: the passage is ' geminos germano foedere atres,' Ald. 160, 9), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 6: 41, 42. Getwysan gemellos 92, 60. Getwisan, 41, 43. Rebecca ácende twégen getwysan, Hml. Th. i. 110, 21. His wíf

ele-twíg

Grammar
ele-twíg, l. -twig,
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and add Eletwiges oleastri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 7

twí

(n.)
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a twig

twi-

(prefix)
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in composition with force of two. v. following words

Linked entries: tweo- twig- twy- sehtness -snæcce sprecan bleoh -fingre -hlidede -fýrede

twá

Similar entry: twégen

mæst-twist

(n.)
Grammar
mæst-twist, es; m,

A rope to support a mast, ⬩ a stay

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A rope to support a mast, a stay Mæsttwist parastates, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 77, 127; Wrt. Voc. 56, 44. Mæstwist, 63, 48

be-twion

(adj.)
Grammar
be-twion, adj. [be by, with; twám, twǽm, dat. of twá two]

Double, folding, twofold ⬩ duplex

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Double, folding, twofold; duplex Mid betwion mentle with a folding mantle; diploide, Ps. Spl. T. 108, 28

þistel-twige

(n.)
Grammar
þistel-twige, an; f.
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A goldfinch or some other bird that eats thistle-down. [In E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, p. 58, thistle-finch is given as a name of the goldfinch; Halliwell quotes: 'Carduelis a linnet, a thistle-finch' (1581). Cf. O. H. Ger. distil-finco carduelis: Ger.

líne-twige

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Línaethuigae carduelis, Txts. 54, 309. [v. N. E. D. lintwhite.] Add: —

þistel-twige

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þisæltunga cardella, Hpt. 33, 241, 51. Add

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