Tweamen
v. to separate, S.—AS. (ge)twǽman.

Tweire
num. gen. of twain, S.—AS. twegra (gen.).

Twelf
num. twelve, S, C2; tuelf, S2; tuelue, S2. Comb.: twelfmoneth, twelvemonth, PP; tuelmonth, S2.—AS. twelf: Goth. twalif.

Twengen
v. to press tightly, tweak, S; tuengde, pt. s., S2.—Cf. Twingen.

Twestis
pl. twigs, S3; see Twyste.

Tweye
adv. twice, PP; twye, HD; twie, S.—AS. twíwa.

Tweye
num. twain, PP, C, C2; tweie, S; tueie, S; twey, S3, PP; twei, PP. Comb.: twey-fold, twofold, C3.—AS. twega (gen.). See Tuo.

Tweyne
num. twain, G, PP; tueyne, S2; twene, S; tweien, S; tweȝȝenn, S.—AS. twegen.

Twi-
prefix). Comb.: twi-bil, an axe, bipennis, Voc., Prompt., H; twi-feald, twofold, SD; twye-lyghte, twilight, Prompt.; twi-ræd, of diverse opinion, SD.

Twichand
pres. pt. touching, regarding, S3 (13. 271).

Twie
adv. twice, S; see Tweye.

Twikken
v. to twitch, snatch, pull slightly but quickly, Prompt.; twychyn, Prompt.; twyghte, pt. s., CM; twight, pp., CM.

Twine
sb. doubled thread; twines, gen., S.—AS. twín.

Twinen
v. to twist, S; twined, pp., S; twyned, PP.

Twingen
v. to pain, afflict, SkD; twungen, pp., SkD.—Cp. G. zwingen.

Twinging
sb. affliction, S2.

Twinken
v. to wink, Prompt., G.

Twinklen
v. to twinkle, Prompt.

Twinne
num. two apiece, two at a time, S; twynne, S2; tuin, S2.—Icel. tvinnr.

Twinnen
v. to separate, C2; twynnen, S2, S3, H; twyne, S3; twyn, S2, H; tuyn, H; twynned, pt. pl., PP, S3.

Twyes
adv. twice, S2, C2, C3, PP.—Formed with suffix -es on AS. twíwa. See Tweye.

Twyste
sb. bough, Cath., S3; twist, B, S2, C2, CM; twest, S3.—Cp. ODu. twist.

Twyste
v. to strip the boughs, defrondare, Cath.

Twyster
sb. a stripper of boughs, defrondator, Cath.