twi-wintre
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Of two years Twiwintre biennis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 11: binus, i. biennius, 126, 23. Twywintre biennis, bimus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 287, 13, 18. Twiwinter bimus vel biennis vel bimulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 58. Fram twywintrum cilde a bimatu, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 16
twi-wyrdig
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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
twi-bleó
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Add: double-formed Ǽgðer ge cynren ge túdor is twy-bleoh genus prolisque biformis, Chrd. 78, 6
twi-bytme
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For 'bytm' at end l. bytme
twi-ecgede
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Twiecggedum bis acuto mucrone ), An. Ox. 229. Add
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-fyrclian
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separate from another object Þeáh ǽlc leásung hæbbe sume gelícnysse þǽre sóðnysse, þeáh twyfyrclað and tódǽld seó árwyrðnys ( differt tamen dignitas ) þæs sóðan wísdómes fram lícetunge leásre láre, Chrd. 96, 37
Linked entry: -fyrclian
twi-sehtan
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Dele '(?)', and add: The Latin is Filosophos uiderit disiungi dampnum significat. v. Archiv cxxv. 56, 295, where twi-sehtan is given as the true reading
twi-sestre
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Containing two sesters Éghuælc án wæs twisestre gemet, Jn. L. 2, 6 marg
twi-sprǽcness
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Forlǽtan wé leásunga and lícettunga, tǽlnessa and twysprǽcnessa, Verc. Först. 94, 3. Add
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bræd
to braid, weave, twist ⬩ Fraud, deceit ⬩ fraus, dolus
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Fraud, deceit; fraus, dolus He hit dyde bútan brede [bræde MS. B.] and bigswíce he did it without fraud and guile, L. Ed. 1;Th. i. 160, 6. Ic spæce drífe bútan bræde and bútan bíswíce I prosecute my suit without fraud and without guile, L. O. 2;Th. i
brægd
to twist, braid, weave ⬩ Deceit, fraud; ⬩ dolus, fraus.
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Deceit, fraud; dolus, fraus
ge-wrǽstan
to writhe ⬩ twist ⬩ join ⬩ intorquere
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to writhe, twist, join; intorquere, Cot. 4
be-þráwan
to twist
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to twist Riscene weocan beþráwene fila scirpea conlita, Germ. 391, 16
tó-wríðan
To twist different ways ⬩ to distort
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To twist different ways, to distort Ic tówríðe distorqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 15
ge-wrǽstan
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Substitute: To twist together, bind together Ge*-*wrǽstan, gecnyttan adnecterent, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 19
þurh-þráwan
to twist through
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to twist through [Se wǽte of húse dropaþ on stán ... and ðane stán þurhþurleþ and þurhþreáwþ, Lchdm. iii. 104, 11]
a-tredan
To tread ⬩ twist from or out ⬩ extort ⬩ extorquere
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To tread, twist from or out, extort; extorquere Atred him ða giltas út extort his sins from him, L. De Cf. 3; Th. ii. 260, 21
Linked entry: tredan
þráwan
To throw ⬩ To twist ⬩ rack ⬩ torture ⬩ To twist ⬩ turn round ⬩ to take a different direction ⬩ to turn round ⬩ revolve ⬩ to curl
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To throw (v. throw, thraw to turn wood, to twist; throwster one that throws or winds silk or thread; throwing-clay clay that will work on the wheel, Halliw. Dict. See, also, E. D. S. Pub. Holderness, Lincolnshire and Huddersfield dialects, throw, thrown
ge-þráwan
To twist; ⬩ torquere
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To twist; torquere Ðæt geþrǽwene [geþráwene, MS. Cot.] twín byssus torta, Past. 14, 6; Swt. 87, 11; Hat. MS. 18 b, 15. Geþráwan torquere, Hpt. Gl. 435