† twemev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To divide into two parts, separate (literal and figurative).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)]
to-shedc888
to-dealeOE
dealc950
twemea1023
to-doOE
to-shiftc1122
brittenc1175
sunderc1230
depart1297
parta1300
twain15..
dividec1380
minisha1382
dressc1410
dissever1417
sever1435
quarterc1440
distinct1526
videc1540
disperse1548
several1570
separate1581
dirempt1587
distinguish1609
piecemeal1611
discrete1624
dispart1629
slit1645
parcel1652
canton1653
tripartite1653
split1707
carve1711
scind1869
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. vii. §6 Hie eft totwæmde wæron.]
a1023 Wulfstan Homilies l. 272 Þæt we..ne lætan us deofol dwelian ne twæman.
c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 334 Þys taken [dyple] gesetton þa ealdan writeras on ciriclicum bocum, þæt hig twæmdon oððe ætywdon þa gewitnyssa haligra gewrita.
a1225 St. Marher. 5 Ne mei unc nowðer lif ne deað tweamin atwa.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 291 Ach ure lauerd williche totwemde [a1250 Titus totwinnede] his saule from his bodi.]
a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 265 Hwet mei tweamen us from godd ant halden us þeonne.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1472 Ic wlle..twemen mine bearnen.
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