twi-rǽde
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of two minds, uncertain, undecided, irresolute Geþenc be ðé selfum hwæðer ðú ǽnig ðing swá fæste getiohhod hæbbe ðæt ðé þynce ðæt hit nǽfre ðínum willum onwended weorþe ... Oððe hwæðer ðú eft on ǽngum geþeahte swá twiorǽde sié ðæt ðé helpe hwæðer hit
Linked entry: twio-rǽde
twi-sehtan
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to disagree, be at variance Úðwitan gesihþ twy-sehtan (? Cockayne prints twyselican) hénðe getácnaþ if in a dream a man sees philosophers disagree, it betokens humiliation, Lchdm. iii. 204, 24. (?)
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twi-snǽse
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Double-pointed, cloven Twysnésum bisulcis, Germ. 393, 73
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twi-strenge
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Two-stringed Twistrenge bifidus (as if from fides ), Ælfc. Gr. 49 ; Zup. 288, 10
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twi-wǽg
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A balance Twiwǽge bilance, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 20
twi-weg
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A place where two roads meet Twiweg bivia vel bivium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 57
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
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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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ge-twisa
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
tweó-mann
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Homodubii hý syndon hátene, ðæt beóþ twímen, Nar. 35, 3
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candel-twist
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A pair of snuffers; emunctoria Candel-twist emunctoria, Ælfc. Gl. 82; Som. 73, 50; Wrt. Voc. 47, 54
mæst-twist
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-twyh
between, among ⬩ inter, in medio
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between, among; inter, in medio Betwyh ðás þing between these things, in the mean while, whilst; interea, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 26. Betwyh him among them, Bt. 39, 12; Fox 230, 27