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† twie, twye, adv. Obs. Forms: 1 twiᵹea, twiᵹa (tuiᵹa, -ᵹo), twia, 1–2 twiᵹe, 3 tuye, tweiȝe, tueie, twi, 3–5 twie, 4 twiȝe, twyȝe, tueye, tuey, twy, 4–5 tweye, 5 twey, twye. β. 2 twiȝen, 3 twien, tweien. [OE. twiᵹa, etc. (also twiwa, tuwa, etc.) = OFris. twîa, tuiia, OS. tuuio (MLG. twie, twige), adv. f. stem twi-, twi-: cf. the etym. note to thrie, thrye adv.] = twice.
a900tr. Bæda's Eccl. Hist. iv. iv. 278 (Tanner MS.), Þætte twiᵹea on ᵹere seonoð ᵹesomnode. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Lk. xviii. 12 Ic fæsto tuiᵹo [Rushw. twiᵹe] in wico. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 320 Eac, ys..sæd, þæt heo on ᵹeare twiᵹea blowe. c1050Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) VIII. 303 Twia seofon beoð feowertyne. c1160Hatton Gosp. Mk. xiv. 72 ær se coc creowe twiᵹe. a1225Ancr. R. 34 And so al þene psalm vt, mid Gloria Patri,..twie. c1275Lay. 8325 Twi þou hauest beon ouer-come. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4556 King arþure was anguisous..Þat þe luþer traytour adde ofscaped so tuye [v.rr. twyȝe, tweye]. Ibid. 6646 Is [= his] stepmoder..þat quene adde ybe tueie [v.r. twyȝe]. a1325Adam & Eve 272 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 142 Now he haþ ygiled þe tvie. c1375Cursor M. 13627 (Fairf.) Quy quarto sulde I tel ȝou mare Twy or thry I talde ȝou are. a1450Myrc Par. Pr. 119 Folowe thow not þe chylde twye. βc1175Lamb. Hom. 37 Mon scal beon twiȝen awesscen of his sunne. c1205Lay. 8325 Twien [c 1275 Twi] þu hafuest ibeon ouer-cummen. |