单词 | on twin |
释义 | > as lemmason twin a. in twin (also contr. itwin), on twin: in or into two parts or divisions; in twain, in two, apart, asunder. (Cf. a-twin adv.1) Chiefly northern. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > apart or asunder [phrase] in ( on) twoc890 from sunderOE to set in sunderc1325 in twinnyc1380 in (on) twain1398 in (into) twaya1400 on twina1400 on part1485 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3968 For doute he delt þam in tuin. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6269 He sagh þe see it drau in tuin. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 251 Fro we in twynne wern towen & twayned, I haf ben a Ioylez Iuelere. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1047 Quen hit is brused oþer broken, oþer byten in twynne. c1400 Gamelyn 317 I wil not þis companye parten on twyne. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 735 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 324 Þe smalle lofe he cuttis euen in twynne. c1475 Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Bk. (Egerton 1995) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 18 Kerue not thy brede to thynne, Ne breke hit not on twynne. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 175 Sa fer..that thai War in-twyn [1489 Adv. ytwyn] a bow-draucht & mar. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 226 Quhilk causit him stand..fra him..rycht far in tuyn. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6581 Anoþer..he nolpit to ground, Shent of þo shalkes, shudrit hom itwyn. < as lemmas |
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