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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ 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] (of trees), sb. a stripper of boughs, defrondator, Cath.

[ Tycement], sb. enticement, HD.

[ Tycen], v. to entice, instigate, provoke, Prompt., Manip., S; tisen, PP; tyse, HD (s.v. tise). See [Atisen].

[ Tykel], adj. unsteady, uncertain, CM.

[ Tyle], sb. tile, Prompt.; tyil, Prompt.; tyyl, S2. Comb.: tyle-stone, tile, brick, Prompt.; tiyl-stoon (= Lat. testa), W2.—AS. tigele; Lat. tegula.

[ Tymber], sb. timber, wood for building, Voc., PP; tymbre, PP.—AS. timber.