Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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twing

(n.)
Grammar
twing, (twyng ?) what is pressed together (?), a mass, lump: — Twinga massas.
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Hpt. Gl. 496, 70. v. next word

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.

Linked entries: tuwa tweowa twía twiga twige twuwa

twig

(n.)
Grammar
twig, twí, es; n.
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A branch, twig Twig ramus, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 80: palmes, Jn. Skt. 15, 6. Hys twig (twi later MS. ) byþ hnesce, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32. His twí (twig, MS. A.: twi later MS. ) biþ mearu. Mk. Skt. 13, 28. Ic eom swá ðæt twig, ðæt biþ ácorfen of ðam treówe. Homl

Linked entries: twí twigu

-twihn

(suffix)
Grammar
-twihn, (-twíhn?)
Entry preview:

in hi-twichn, Txts. 70, 546, bi-tuihn, 77, 1310

twig-

(prefix)

Similar entry: twi-

twig

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

-twige

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

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-twih

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

twicen

(n.)
Grammar
twicen, e: twicene, an; f.
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A place where two roads meet Twicen ambitus . Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 46. On twycenan (-cinan, MS. B.) in biuio. Mk. Skt. 11, 4. Of ðære mere on ða twycene; of ðære twycenan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 4.

-twisa

(suffix)

Linked entry: -twisa

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
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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

-twicce

(suffix)

Similar entry: -twæccea

twiga

Similar entry: palm-twiga

twidig

Similar entry: lang-twidig

twiga

Similar entry: twiwa

twige

(num.)
Grammar
twige, twigea.

Similar entry: twiwa

twist

(n.)
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a branch, fork (?)

ele-twíg

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

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

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