Twingan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Twingan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (?); Related words: twengan. twingan

Definitions

1 twingan

p. twang; pp. twungen To press, force :-- Se hrýnð (tringaþ (twingeþ?), MS. M.) muntas qui tangit montes, Ps. Spl. 103, 33. [l am twinged (twungen, MS. H.) and meked incurbatus sum et humiliatus sum, Ps. 37, 9. Whil þat twinges (affligit) me þe fo, 41,10. Ger. zwingen.]

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ᛏᚹᛝᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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