Twist

Old English Dictionary Entry

Twist

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: candel-, mæst-twist; twisel. twist

Definitions

1 twist

a branch, fork (?) [The faucon moste fallen fro the twiste, Chauc. Squieres Tale, 442. A twyste frons, ramus, Cath. Ang. 399, and see note. Twist the fourchure; a twig, Halliwell's Dict. Cf. Icel. kvistr a branch.]

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛁᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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