Ge-þwit

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ge-þwit

n. What is cut or shaved off, shavings, cuttings, chips; assulæ :-- Heo of ðǽre ilcan styþe spónas þweoton and sceafþan [ðæt geþwit, MS. B.] nómon ond in wæter sendon they cut off chips from the very stud [prop] and threw the cuttings into the water, Bd. 3, 17, MS. T; S. 544, 44, col. 2, note. DER. þwítan. ge-þwit