Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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twingan

(v.)
Grammar
twingan, (?); p. twang; pp. twungen
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To press, force Se hrýnð (tringaþ (twingeþ?), MS. M.) muntas qui tangit montes, Ps. Spl. 103, 33

twiógan

Similar entry: tweógan

twínian

(v.)

Similar entry: tweónian

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

twínen

(adj.)
Grammar
twínen, adj.
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Of linen, linen Bam (read ham, v. the corresponding gloss ham subucula, Hpt. Gl. 526, 30: at the same place, byssina is rendered by línen) twínen subucula bissina, Anglia xiii. 37, 285

Linked entry: twín

twiga

Similar entry: twiwa

twinn

Similar entry: twin

twiga

Similar entry: palm-twiga

be-twinan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-twinan, prep. dat.

Within, among ⬩ intra, inter

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Within, among; intra, inter Cwǽdon sume bóceras him betwinan some scribes said among themselves, Mt. Bos. 9, 3

ge-twinn

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-twinn, adj.
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twin; geminus, gemellus Getuin gemellus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 11. Getwinre edwiste gemine substantiae, Hy. S. 44, 13. Getwinnum gemina, Hpt. Gl. 407, 5. Getwinre mænifyld gemina, i. dupla-praeditus (gratia ), An. Ox. 1459. Getwinne lǽcedóm gemellam anodiam

palm-twiga

(n.)
Grammar
palm-twiga, (?), an; m.
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A palm-branch Palmtwiga palma, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 312, 9

Linked entry: twiga

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