Ge-twǽman

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-twǽman

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-twéman;

ge-twǽman
p. de; pp. ed [twǽman to separate] To cut off; separate, divide; sepărāre, sejungĕre, dīvĭdĕre :-- Ic hine ne mihte ganges getwǽman I could not cut him off from his course, Beo. Th. 1940; B. 968: L. N. P. L. 65; Th. ii. 300, 28. Ðá man getwǽmde ðæt ǽr wæs gemǽne Criste and cynincge then was separated what was before in common to Christ and the king, L. Eth. ix. 38; Th. i. 348, 20: Wald. 88; Vald. 2, 16. Ne getwǽme nán mann ða ðe God gesomnode quod Deus conjunxit, hŏmo non sepăret, Mt. Bos. 19, 6. Beó ǽlc sacu getwǽmed let every strife be appeased, L. Eth. to alienate, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 40, 29, note p. ge-twæman

Related words: 19; Th. i. 308, 30. Getwéman

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