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▪ I. † twy, v. Obs. rare. (Meaning uncertain.) A ME. survival of OE. twíᵹan, northern var. of twéoᵹan, twéon, to doubt, hesitate, would suit the first passage, but not the second, unless a negative has been omitted. The sense of ‘turn’ would be appropriate in both passages.
c1400Destr. Troy 6360 The xij vnthwyuond, þat twyet not in fight Was..mightfull Henex. Ibid. 6378 With xxij vnthwyuond twyet to filde Dyomede, the derfe kyng. ▪ II. twy obs. f. tway, two; var. twie Obs., twice. |