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twyfold
▪ I. twifold, twyfold, a. and adv. arch. (ˈtwaɪfəʊld) Forms: 1 twyfeald, (twiefeald, -fald, twiᵹfeald, tweofeald), 1–3 twifeald, 3 twifald, -feld, 4–5 tweyfold(e, 5–6 twifolde, 3– twifold, 5– twyfold, 7, 9 twy-fold. [OE. twifeald, twyfeald: = OFris. twifald, OHG. zwifalt (MHG. zwivalt), ON. tv{iacu}...
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twifoldly
† twifoldly, adv. Obs. [OE. twyfealdl{iacu}ce, f. twifeald, twifold a. + -l{iacu}ce, -ly2.] Twofold, doubly, to twice the amount.c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxiii. 15 Ᵹe ᵹedoð hyne helle bearn twyfealdlicor þonne eow. c 1000 ælfric Exod. xvi. 22 On þam sixtum dæᵹe hiᵹ gaderodon twyfealdlice. c 1200 Trin...
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twofold
twofold, a., (n.), adv. (ˈtuːfəʊld) Forms: α. 2, 5– Sc., twafald, 5 Sc. twa faulde, 9 Sc. twafauld, (twa-fall). β. 3 twouold; 4 two-folde, 6 two folde, twofoulde, 7 twofolde; 5–6 two fold, 7–9 two-fold, 7– twofold. [app. orig. a refashioning of twifold, after two; in later use perh. independently f....
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twi-
twi-, twy-, prefix (twaɪ) [OE. twi- = OFris. twi-, MLG. twi-, MDu. twe-, Du. twee-, OHG. zwi-, Ger. zwie-, ON. tv{iacu}-, Norw., Sw., Da. tve-; cognate with Skr. dvi-, Gr. δι-, L. bi-, Lith. dvi-, from root akin to Skr. dwau, dwē, Gr. δύο, L. duo, two. In OE. the regular comb. form expressing two, s...
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tway
tway, numeral a. Now arch. (tweɪ) Forms: see below. [Apocopate form of OE. twéᵹen, ME. tweyen, twain, the final n being normally dropped. OE. twéᵹe seems not to be recorded in WSax., but it occurs in Anglian in Rushw. Gospel Gl., and in the late Hatton Gosp. before a consonant, and is the ordinary f...
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fliting
fliting, flyting, vbl. n. Now dial. (ˈflaɪtɪŋ) [f. flite v. + -ing1.] 1. a. The action of the verb flite; contention, wrangling; scolding, rebuking; † a reproach.c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 13 Twifold speche and ilch fliting of worde. a 1300 Cursor M. 27742 (Cott. Galba) Wreth..it makes fliteing. 1435 M...
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manifold
▪ I. manifold, a., adv., and n. Now chiefly literary. (ˈmænɪfəʊld) Forms: α. 1 maniᵹ-, moniᵹ-, mæniᵹ-, meniᵹf(e)ald, 1–2 mænifeald, 2 manifald, 2–3 -feald, 2–6 monifald, (4 monyfaulde), 4–5 many-, monyfald(e, (6 many-, mony-, moniefauld). β. 1 meni(ᵹ)fæld, -feld, 3–4 manifeld. γ. (2 monifold, 3 mani...
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war-ship
▪ I. † ˈwarship1 Obs. Forms: 1 wærscipe, -scype, werscipe, 2 warshipe, 3 warscipe, -sipe, -schipe. [OE. wærscipe str. masc., f. wær ware a.: see -ship.] Caution, prudence, astuteness, sagacity.c 888 ælfred Boeth. xxvii. §2 Wisdom is se hehsta cræft, and se hæfð on him feower oðre cræftas; ðara is an...
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chew
▪ I. chew, v. (tʃ(j)uː) Forms: 1 céowan, 3 cheowen, cheouwen, chewwenn (Orm.), 3–5 chewen, 3–6 chewe, (4 chyewe, 5 schewe), 5– chew. See also variants chaw, chow. [OE. céowan, pa. tense céaw, cuwon, pa. pple. cowen, corresp. to OHG. chiuwan, kiuwan, pa. tense kou, kūwun, gikūwan, kiuwan:—OTeut. *kew...
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