† tweme, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 twǽman, 3 twemen, tweamin, tweamen.
[OE. twǽman, f. an extension of the stem of twá, two.]
trans. To divide into two parts, separate (lit. and fig.).
| [c 893, a 1225: see to-tweme.] a 1023 Wulfstan Hom. l. (Napier) 272 Þæt we..ne lætan us deofol dwelian ne twæman. c 1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia VIII. 334 Þys taken [dyple] ᵹesetton þa ealdan writeras on ciriclicum bocum, þæt hiᵹ twæmdon oððe ætywdon þa ᵹewitnyssa haliᵹra ᵹewrita. c 1205 Lay. 2948 Ic wlle..twemen mine bearnen. a 1225 St. Marher. 5 Ne mei unc nowðer lif ne deað tweamin atwa. a 1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 265 Hwet mei tweamen us from godd ant halden us þeonne. |