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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 form in Old Northumbrian (varying in Lindisfarne Gl. as twoeᵹe, tuoᵹe, tueᵹ, tuoe, twoe, tue; Rit. Dunelm. has tvoeᵹi, twoeᵹo). These forms are not rigidly confined to the masc. From the OE. twéᵹe (or by similar apocopation of ME. tweyen, tweien) came ME. tweye, twei(e, twey in Midld. and South Eng., twai, tway in North. and North-Midld. But tway in Scotch from c 1500 may also be only a variant spelling of the later twae from twā, two: the Sc. forms have therefore been separated as γ. Even as an archaism the form is now rarely employed.]
A. Illustration of Forms.
(α) 1 twóeᵹe, tuéᵹe (tuóᵹe, tuéᵹ, twé, tué), 1–2 twéᵹe, twǽᵹe, 3 tueye, tueie, tuei, 2–5 twei, 3–5 tweie, tweye, 3–7 twey, 4 tweiȝe, tweyȝe, tuuei; 3 twie, 4–5 twy.
a950Rituale Dunelm. (Surtees) 113 Ðerh hvnd seofontiᵹ tvoeᵹi boec aldes & nives ᵹicyðnisses. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Mark vi. 41 Fif hlafo & tue fiscas. Ibid. Luke ii. 24 Tuoe turturas vel tuoᵹe birdas culfras [Rushw. twoeᵹe t. vel twoeᵹe birdas culfra]. c975Rushw. Gosp. John ii. 6 Nimende syndriᵹe sestras twoeᵹe vel ðria. c1160Hatton Gosp. Matt. xxvi. 37 He ᵹenam petrum & zebedeus tweᵹe sunes [Ags. G. tweᵹen suna]. c117512th c. Hom. (Bodley) 98 Twæȝe men herbiforen þis festen festen. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 207 Þe gostliche rode..haueð twei names, cordis contritio et proximi compassio. c1275Passion of Our Lord 438 in O.E. Misc. 49 Hi nome twey þeoues. c1275Lay. 10670 Hii..sende twie [c 1205 tweien] eorles. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 10/317 Þe tweie croiz..þat þe þeoues on i-hanguede were. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 731 And ȝef is tueie doȝtren half, & half him sulf nom. Ibid. 6322 Bi tuene þis tueye kinges. a1325MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 65 b, Tuuei writes of wuche comez tuueine assoines. c1325Spec. Gy Warw. 785 Tweye manere shame..Þat on goþ to dampnacioun; Þat oþer, to sauuacioun. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 5 Bytwene þe tweie [MS. γ twy] riveres. c1400R. Gloucester's Chron. 754 (MS. α) Þeos tweiȝe kinges. c1449Pecock Repr. i. ii. (Rolls) 8 A sillogisme is mad of twey proposiciouns dryuyng out of hem the thridde proposicioun.
(β) north. and midl. Eng. 3–4 tuai, 4 tuay, 4–7 (8– arch.) tway (6 twaye),
a1300Cursor M. 12699 (Cott.) Of hir war born god childer tuai [rime sai; F. tway; Tr. twey, rime sey]. c1330Arth. & Merl. (Kölbing) 4788 He hadde strengþe of kniȝtes tvay. 13..Cursor M. 21756 (Gött.) Þe bodi [is] of element[s] tuis tuay [Cott. tuai; F. twies tway, rime I say]. 1559Mirr. Mag., Ld. Hastings li, Vniudgd hangth yet the case betwixt them twaye [rime saye]. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. May 18 We tway bene men of elder witt. 1611Coryat's Crudities, Panegyr. Verses d viij b, Tom is..the Greeker of the tway [rime say]. 1742Shenstone Schoolmistress 51 For sceptre she does wield Tway birchen sprays. 1865Tway [see B. 1 b].
(γ) Sc. 4–7 tway, 6–7 tuay.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxii. (Laurentius) 512 Þai tuk þe cors..Þai tway it bare. c1470Henry Wallace ix. 801 Mycht we get ane or tway [rime way]. 1513Douglas æneis i. vi. 17 Amyd the wod his modir met thame tway [rime array]. 1537Registr. Aberdon. (Maitl. Cl.) I 413 Tway pennies for ilk barne absent. 1549Ibid. 438 For þe tuay part of þe mylne. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xvii. 105 That schot, allace! yis realme hes shot in tway [rime away]. a1584Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 460 Ane foule in hand, or tway [rime day]. a1600― Misc. Poems (S.T.S. 1887) i. 12 A turne in tyme is ay worth other tuay [rime auay.] 1615Sir W. Mure Misc. Poems viii. 44 Reflecting only on ws tuay [rime away].
B. Signification. = two.
1. In concord with a n.a. Preceding the n.
a950Tvoeᵹi boec; c 950 Tuoᵹe birdas; c 1160 Tweᵹe sunes; c 1200 Twei names [see A. α above]. c1275Passion of Our Lord 645 in O.E. Misc. 55 Þer stoden twei veyre men. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 312 Tweie dawes hii wende in þe see. Ibid. 1806 Tueie [v.r. twei] emperours of rome, Dioclician &..maximian. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 11264 To pray..saueþ man on twey partys. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 109 He was bitel-brouwed, with twei blered eiȝen. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 188 Oure Lord..spekiþ..of tweie matrimoneys. c1394P. Pl. Crede 439 A litell childe..And tweyne of tweie ȝeres olde. a1425Cursor M. 19419 (Trin.) Tweye witenes had þei hem purueide. c1450Godstow Reg. 191 An hundred shillyngis..at twey termes in the yere. c1570Marr. Wit & Science iv. iv. D iv b, Ignoraunce. Choulde geue twaye pence to see it and tway pence moore. 1573Tyrie Refut. in Cath. Tractates (S.T.S.) 17 The kirk is vniuersall, and..it hes continewall successioun of pastoures: quhilk tuay markis did neuer..aggrie to onie..congregatioun of heretikes. a1586Sidney Arcadia, Geron & Mastix 20 'Tis now full tway score Of yeares..since I good Mastix knew. 1712Prior Erle Robert's Mice 1 Tway Mice..Batten beside Erle Robert's Table.
b. Following the n. poet.
c1205Lay. 26235 Þa cleopede he eorles tweie. c1275Moral Ode 225 in O.E. Misc. 66 Hunger and þurst, vuele tweye [earlier MSS. twa, two] ivere. 13..K. Alis. 7254 (Laud MS.) He knew þoo barouns tweye [rime cuntreye]. c1320R. Brunne Medit. 50 Þe soper was dyȝt..By dyscyplys seuenty and twey. c1400Rom. Rose 1744 Thanne toke I with myn hondis tweie The arowe. c1440Pallad. on Husb. viii. 161 Vppon feet but tway. 1543Grafton Harding's Chron. Ded. xii, The Scottish kyng, sending foorth heraldes tway. 1559Mirr. Mag., Dk. Buckhm. xxviii, Downthrow we strayt his sellie nephewes twaye. 1865S. Evans Bro. Fabian 58 Now..shut mine eyen tway.
†c. tway part (Sc.), two-thirds (= twa part: see two B. I. 1 c). Obs.
1531Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scotl. (1905) VI. 18 For tway elnis and ane tway-part elne gray weluet. 1549Registr. Aberdon. (Maitl. Cl.) I. 438 With brew hous and tuay part of þe myln of þe said toune.
2. Absolutely with ellipsis of n., or following a pronoun or pronominal adj.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4071 Sibile þe sage sede..Þat þer ssolde of brutayne þre men be ybore Þat ssolde winne þe aumperye of rome; of þe tueye ydo it is,..& þou art þe þridde. 13..Cursor M. 635 (Gött.) Naked war þai bath tway [Tr. þei boþe tweyn]. c1350Will. Palerne 2147 To take hem tweie. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1906) 153 Y shalle saie of euery astate an ensaumple or twey. a1553Udall Royster D. iv. i. (Arb.) 59, I haue a message or tway. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. Geron & Histor 91 Betwixt vs tway We beare our double yoke. 1642H. More Song of Soul i. i. xxxiii, When Hattubus old..did tie them tway With nuptiall charm.
b. In genitive after possess. pron.
1476J. Paston in P. Lett. III. 155 Ther tweys dysposysyon [= the disposition of them two].
c. as n. A pair, couple.
a1800Lord Livingston ix. in Child Ballads (1892) viii. 432 They were a comely tway.
3. in (into) tway: into two parts or pieces, in two.
c1375Cursor M. 20556 (Fairf.) For ferde hir hert sulde brast in-twai. 1558Lydgate's Bochas ix. xxxv. 36 b, The lyues threde for to breke in tway [Bodl. MS. tweyne]. 1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 195 Cut ȝour typpet in to tway. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. vii. 27 Which..almost rent her tender hart in tway.
4. Comb. as tway-coned, tway-edged, tway-footed, tway-handed adjs.; † tway-biting a., ‘biting’ or cutting two ways, two-edged; † tway-fold adv. = twifold, twofold; † tway-like a.: see quot. and cf. twileke; † tway-toothed a., having two rows of teeth. See also twayblade.
1382Wyclif Prov. v. 4 The tunge of hir sharp as a *twei bitende swerd.
1872Blackie Lays Highl. 105 Fare-thee-well, thou *tway coned Cruachan.
1545Joye Exp. Dan. i. B iij b, With the *twei edged swearde.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 1153 Þys olde man..bade hym take A sak.. And ..turne hyt *tweyfolde. c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 13 (Ellesm.) A male tweyfoold [v.r. twyfold] vp on his croper lay.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. liv. (Bodl. MS.) lf. 28/1 Þe feete of foules and of *twey footed beestes.
1552Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scotl. X. 82 *Tway handit sword.
1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. I. Defin. B iij, An other distinction of the names of triangles, according to their sides, whiche other be all equal..other els two sydes bee equall and the thyrd vnequall, which the Greekes call Isosceles,..and in english *tweyleke may they be called.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 405 Wormes þat were *tweie [v.r. twy] toþed [L. bidentati] and i-liche to wontes..ete þe brede corne. |