Twifealdlīce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Twifealdlīce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Doubly,

Definitions

1 twifealdlīce

ad (I) to twice the amount :-- On dam sixtan dæge hig gaderodon twyfealdlīce -in die sexta collegerunt cibos duplices, Ex. 16, 22: L. Alf. pol. 39; Th. i. 88, 4. Gē gedōþ hyne helle beam twyfealdlīcor donne eów (duplo quam vos), Mt. Kmbl. 23, 15. (2) in two ways :-- Ðis godspel mæg beón twyfealdlīce getrahtnod, ǣrest be Iudēiscum folce . . . , eft siddan be ǣlcum menu, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 5. Se biþ twyfealdlīce deád, se de on gōdnysse unwæstmbǣre biþ, and on yfelnysse wæstmbǣre, 406, 18. twifealdlice

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛁᚠᛠᛚᛞᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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