Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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-twih

(suffix)
Grammar
-twih, (-twíh ?). v. be-twih.

twín

(n.)
Grammar
twín, es; n.
Entry preview:

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

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio

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Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst; inter, in medio; dat. Men and nétenu habbaþ andan betweoh him men and beasts have enmity between them, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 104; Met. 28, 52. Betweohs him among them; in cujus medio, Ex. 34, 10. Betwyh him among

Linked entries: be-tweohnum be-tuh be-tweohs be-tweox betwih-licgan be-twuh be-twuht be-twux be-twuxt be-twyh be-twyxt

twig-

(prefix)

Similar entry: twi-

twin

(adj.)
Grammar
twin, adj.
Entry preview:

Twin, double Twinnum sangum geminis concentibus, Hpt. Gl. 467, 31

Linked entry: twinn

twin

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Twinne, twifealde. An. Ox. 5085. Add

twá

Similar entry: twégen

twía

Similar entry: twiwa

-twis

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-twis

twý

Similar entry: tweó

twy-

(prefix)

Similar entry: twi-

twig

Entry preview:

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

twín

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

tweó

(n.)
Grammar
tweó, twý; gen. tweón, twýn; m.
Entry preview:

doubt, uncertainty Ðonne ðǽr án tweó of ádón biþ, ðonne biþ ðǽr unrím ástyred una dubitatione succisa innumerabiles aliae succrescant, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 18. 'Sum tweó mé hæfþ swíþe gedréfed.' Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Hwæt is se?' 'difficiliori ambiguitate confundor

Linked entries: tuá tweón twý

twiwa

(adv.)
Grammar
twiwa, tweowa, twuwa, tuwa, tuwwa, tua, twiga, twigea, twige, twía; adv.
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Twice Hé hine twiwa (tuwa, MS. L.) mid fyrde gesóhte, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 37. Ðæt heó on geáre twigea (twiwa, MS. H.: tuwa, MS. B.) blówe, Lchdm. i. 320, 13. Hé gefeaht II (tweowa, MS. C.) wið ðone cyning, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 9. Tweowa on dæg bis

Linked entries: tuwa tweowa twía twiga twige twuwa

ele-twíg

Grammar
ele-twíg, l. -twig,
Entry preview:

and add Eletwiges oleastri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 7

efen-twá

(num.)
Grammar
efen-twá, in the phrase on efen-twá
Entry preview:

into two parts Þæt hrídder tóbærst on emtwá (cf. wearð tóbrocen and tódǽled on twá styccu in duabus partibus divisum, Gr. D. 97, 7), Hml. Th. ii. 154, 16. Seó eá on emtwá tóeóde, 212, 21. v. em-twá in Dict

-twihn

(suffix)
Grammar
-twihn, (-twíhn?)
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in hi-twichn, Txts. 70, 546, bi-tuihn, 77, 1310

-twige

(suffix)
Grammar
-twige, v. líne-, þistel-twige.

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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

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