A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ 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.