▪ I. † twy, v. Obs. rare.
(Meaning uncertain.)
A ME. survival of OE. tw{iacu}ᵹan, northern var. of twéoᵹan, twéon, to doubt, hesitate, would suit the first passage, but not the second, unless a negative has been omitted. The sense of ‘turn’ would be appropriate in both passages.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 6360 The xij vnthwyuond, þat twyet not in fight Was..mightfull Henex. Ibid. 6378 With xxij vnthwyuond twyet to filde Dyomede, the derfe kyng. |
▪ II. twy
obs. f. tway, two; var. twie Obs., twice.