† twirede, a. Obs.
[OE. twirǽde, f. twi-, twi- + rǽd, rede n.1]
Of two minds or counsels; undecided, irresolute; divided in mind, not unanimous.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xli. §3 Hwæðer þu eft on ænᵹum ᵹeþeahte swa twioræde sie þæt þe helpe hwæðer hit ᵹeweorðe, ðe hit no ne ᵹeweorðe. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xii. 25 ælc rice þe byð twyræde on him sylfum byþ toworpen. c 1205 Lay. 19416 Bruttes hafden muchel mode & vnimete prute... And weoren alle twiræde. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3271 Egipcienes woren in twired wen Queðer he sulden folȝen or flen. |