twi-hynde
a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; ⬩ applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.
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As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.
twi-sestre
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Containing two sesters Éghuælc án wæs twisestre gemet, Jn. L. 2, 6 marg
tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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Kmbl. iv. 45, 25. a twig used in casting lots ['Augury and divination by lot no people practise more diligently. The use of the lots is simple.
twi-fyrede
Two-furrowed ⬩ bisulcus
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Two-furrowed; the word renders the Latin bisulcus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 11
twi-læpped
Having two skirts or lappets
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Having two skirts or lappets Twilæpped scrúd cinctus gabinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 5
twi-strenge
Two-stringed
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Two-stringed Twistrenge bifidus (as if from fides ), Ælfc. Gr. 49 ; Zup. 288, 10
Linked entry: þri-strenge
twi-bleó
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Add: double-formed Ǽgðer ge cynren ge túdor is twy-bleoh genus prolisque biformis, Chrd. 78, 6
twi-fingre
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Substitute: Two fingers thick, a term applied to fat on swine Æt twyfingrum spic, Ll. Th. i. 132, 19
twi-féte
Two-footed
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Two-footed Twyféte bipes, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 51, ii: 49; Zup. 287, 20. Sume bíþ twioféte, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 27
Linked entry: twio-féte
twi-híwede
double-shaped ⬩ having two forms ⬩ double-coloured
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double-shaped, having two forms Twyhíwede biformis, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 287, 9. double-coloured Twyhíwedum wurman bis tincto cocco, Hpt. Gl. 431, 30
twi-sehtan
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Archiv cxxv. 56, 295, where twi-sehtan is given as the true reading
þe
any ⬩ the ⬩ that ⬩ than ⬩ whether ... or ⬩ whether ... or
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Similar entries See þeáh, óþ, and se, V. than Hé hæfde twǽm læs þe twéntig wintra, Blickl. Homl. 215, 34: Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 24. Ne hí hié selfe ðý beteran ne taligen, ðe ða óðre, Past. 44; Swt. 329, 18.
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tam
Tame, the opposite of wild
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Tame, the opposite of wild Tam subjugalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 6. Wilde bár aper, tam bár verres, i. 22, 70-71. Seó leó, ðeáh hió wel tam sé, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 9. Tiles and tomes meares, Exon. Th. 342, 13; Gn. Ex. 142. Hé rít uppan tamre assene and byre
tama
Tameness
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Tameness Ne þearf beorna nán wénan ðære wyrde, ðæt hió ( the lioness ) wel hire taman healde; ac ic tiohhie, ðæt hió ðæs níwan taman náuht ne gehicgge, ac ðone wildan gewunan wille geþencan hire eldrena, Met. 13, 23-28. Gif heó blódes onbirigþ, heó forgit
tán
A toe
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A toe Tán mentagra, (seó) micele tán allox, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 24, 25. Mid tánum cum mentagris, Lchdm. i. lxxi, 13 (cf. lxxiv, 21)
téan
To grow tough or pliant
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To grow tough or pliant Tédan lentescunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 57: 92, 77. Similar entries v. tóan, tóh; see also (?)ge-teágan
teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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A tear. a drop of water from the eye, caused by emotion, generally by grief Teár flemen, flentium humor, Wülck. Gl. 240, 13: lacryma, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 7. Teáras lacrime, 282, 55. Sealtes pund, ðanon him ( Adam ) wǽron ða teáras sealte, Salm. Kmbl. 180