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† 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.).
[c893,a1225: see to-tweme.] a1023Wulfstan Hom. l. (Napier) 272 Þæt we..ne lætan us deofol dwelian ne twæman. c1050Byrhtferth'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. c1205Lay. 2948 Ic wlle..twemen mine bearnen. a1225St. Marher. 5 Ne mei unc nowðer lif ne deað tweamin atwa. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 265 Hwet mei tweamen us from godd ant halden us þeonne. |