† twie, twye, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 twiᵹea, twiᵹa (tuiᵹa, -ᵹo), twia, 1–2 twiᵹe, 3 tuye, tweiȝe, tueie, twi, 3–5 twie, 4 twiȝe, twyȝe, tueye, tuey, twy, 4–5 tweye, 5 twey, twye. β. 2 twiȝen, 3 twien, tweien.
[OE. twiᵹa, etc. (also twiwa, tuwa, etc.) = OFris. twîa, tuiia, OS. tuuio (MLG. twie, twige), adv. f. stem twi-, twi-: cf. the etym. note to thrie, thrye adv.]
= twice.
| a 900 tr. Bæda's Eccl. Hist. iv. iv. 278 (Tanner MS.), Þætte twiᵹea on ᵹere seonoð ᵹesomnode. c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Lk. xviii. 12 Ic fæsto tuiᵹo [Rushw. twiᵹe] in wico. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 320 Eac, ys..sæd, þæt heo on ᵹeare twiᵹea blowe. c 1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) VIII. 303 Twia seofon beoð feowertyne. c 1160 Hatton Gosp. Mk. xiv. 72 ær se coc creowe twiᵹe. a 1225 Ancr. R. 34 And so al þene psalm vt, mid Gloria Patri,..twie. c 1275 Lay. 8325 Twi þou hauest beon ouer-come. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4556 King arþure was anguisous..Þat þe luþer traytour adde ofscaped so tuye [v.rr. twyȝe, tweye]. Ibid. 6646 Is [= his] stepmoder..þat quene adde ybe tueie [v.r. twyȝe]. a 1325 Adam & Eve 272 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 142 Now he haþ ygiled þe tvie. c 1375 Cursor M. 13627 (Fairf.) Quy quarto sulde I tel ȝou mare Twy or thry I talde ȝou are. a 1450 Myrc Par. Pr. 119 Folowe thow not þe chylde twye. |
| β c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 37 Mon scal beon twiȝen awesscen of his sunne. c 1205 Lay. 8325 Twien [c 1275 Twi] þu hafuest ibeon ouer-cummen. |