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twig

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

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.

Linked entries: twí twigu

twig-

(prefix)

Similar entry: twi-

ele-twíg

(n.)
Grammar
ele-twíg, es; n.

An olive twig, a small branch of olive

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An olive twig, a small branch of olive, Cot. 146

ele-twíg

Grammar
ele-twíg, l. -twig,
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and add Eletwiges oleastri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 7

wín-twig

(n.)
Grammar
wín-twig, es; n.

A vine-twig ⬩ shoot of a vine

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

ífig-twig

(n.)
Grammar
ífig-twig, es; n.
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An ivy-twig Wiþ sunbryne; merwe ífigtwigu, wyl on butran, smire mid, Lch. ii. 324, 16

palm-twig

(n.)
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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

palm-twig

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

-twih

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

twiwa

(adv.)
Grammar
twiwa, tweowa, twuwa, tuwa, tuwwa, tua, twiga, twigea, twige, twía; adv.
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Twige, Hpt. Gl. 486, 77. Twía seofon beóþ feówertýne, Anglia viii. 302, 45. Twía fíf beóþ týn, 328, 22

Linked entries: tuwa tweowa twía twiga twige twuwa

-twige

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

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twige

(num.)
Grammar
twige, twigea.

Similar entry: twiwa

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

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.

Linked entry: palm-twiga

twín

(n.)
Grammar
twín, es; n.
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Twín, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 14. Twiðrǽwen twín ( torta byssus ) . . . ðæt geðrǽwene twín, Past. 14; Swt. 87, 18, 42: Swt. 89, 2. Of twi-spunnenum twíne línenum torta bysso, Swt. 83, 23. Mid geedþráwenum twíne cum bysso retorto, Hpt. Gl. 431, 38: Wrt.

Linked entry: twínen

twin

(adj.)
Grammar
twin, adj.
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Twin, double Twinnum sangum geminis concentibus, Hpt. Gl. 467, 31

Linked entry: twinn

twín

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Hwíte twíne geþráwne bisso retorto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 34. Add

twiga

Similar entry: palm-twiga

twin

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Twinne, twifealde. An. Ox. 5085. Add

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