Ge-twǽman

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-twǽman
Add: (1) intrans. (recip.) To separate :-- Healde gehwá his ǽwe ... búton ꝥ gewurðe ꝥ hí búta geceósan ꝥ hí getwǽman, Ll. Th. ii. 300, 28. (2) to separate one thing from another, (a) with gen., to prevent from action, v.l.) fram Críste, Hex. 40, 29. Swá ꝥ úre Drihten wurde getwǽmed (-twémed, v.l.) fram his heofonlican fæder, Hml. A. 59, 198. (3) to end a dispute, settle a case. v. getwǽfan, (4) :-- Cnut frið and freóndscipe betweox Denum and Englum fullíce gefæstnode and heora ǽrran saca ealle getwǽmde, Ll. Lbmn. 278, 9. Beó eallum crístenum mannum sib and sóm gemǽne, and ǽlc sacu getwǽmed, Wlfst, 118, 3. ge-twæman

Related words: ge-twǽfan, (1). Mé Hagenan hand getwǽmde féðewigges, Vald. 2, 16. (b) with prep. :-- Gif úre mágas willað ús getwéman (-wéman,

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