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twín-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
twín-wyrm, (twin- ?), es; m. The word glosses buprestis ( = βούπρηστις a poisonous beetle, which when eaten by cattle in the grass caused them to swell up), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 35.

tweo-

(prefix)

Similar entry: twi-

-twisa

(suffix)

Linked entry: -twisa

twýn

Similar entry: tweón

Twide

(n.)
Grammar
Twide, Tweode, an; or indecl. (cf. Humbre for declension)
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; f. The Tweed In ófre Tweode (Tuidon, Bd. M. 360, 29) streámes in ripa Tuidi fluminis Bd. 4, 27 ; S. 603, 34

twigu

(n.)
Grammar
twigu, (?), an; f.; the forms in the Northern specimens may also be taken as weak, tuigge, pl. tuiggo
Entry preview:

A branch, twig Steola cauliculus, twigu ramunculus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 84. Twigge ł telge (telgra, Rush.) ramus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 32: Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 28. Ðe tuigga palmes, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 6. Ða tuiggo (twigan late southern MS.) palmites, 15,

Linked entry: palm-twiga

twinn

Similar entry: twin

twiga

Similar entry: palm-twiga

em-twá

(num.)

two even parts, halves ⬩ dīmĭdia

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two even parts, halves; dīmĭdia Ne dǽlaþ on emtwá heora dagas nan dīmĭdiābunt dies suos, Ps. Lamb. 54, 24. He tobærst on emtwá he burst asunder into halves. Homl. Th. ii. 250, 26

Linked entry: twégen

palm-twig

(n.)
Entry preview:

a palm-branch Palmtwig palma, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 61 : Blickl. Gl. Onfóh ðissum palmtwige, Blickl. Homl. 137, 25. Heó álegde ðæt palmtwig ðe heó ǽr onféng, 139, 4. Se gewuna stent ðæt gehwǽr on Godes gelaþunge se sacerd bletsian sceole palmtwigu on ðisum

be-twih

between

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between

twá-nihte

(adj.)
Grammar
twá-nihte, adj.
Entry preview:

Two days old On twánihtne mónan far tó and bige land ðæt ðíne yldran áhton when the moon is two days old, go and buy land that thy forefathers owned, Lchdm. iii. 176, note 2

Linked entry: twi-nihte

twy-iccende

(adj.)

Similar entry: twi-hycgan

twio-féte

Similar entry: twi-féte

ge-twin

Entry preview:

Add: -twinn Hý beóð þurh áne idese ácende twégen getwinnas, Sal. 364. In ðǽre cirican þe hý nemnað Scs geminos, æt ðám hálgum getwinnum, Shrn. 134, 23

ge-twis

Grammar
ge-twis, Substitute:
Entry preview:

Having the same parents Getwise germani, i. fratres, An. Ox. 3012. See next word

ífig-twig

(n.)
Grammar
ífig-twig, es; n.
Entry preview:

An ivy-twig Wiþ sunbryne; merwe ífigtwigu, wyl on butran, smire mid, Lch. ii. 324, 16

palm-twig

Entry preview:

Rihtwís swá palmtwig blóweð, Ps. Rdr. Cam. 91. 13. Add

wín-twig

(n.)
Grammar
wín-twig, es; n.

A vine-twig ⬩ shoot of a vine

Entry preview:

A vine-twig, shoot of a vine Wíntwiges palmite, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 41. Wíntwiga plantung propaginatio, i. 39, 5

twiga

Similar entry: twiwa

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