Twi-feald

According to the Old English Dictionary:

twi-feald

adj. Twofold, double :-- Twyfeald duplex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 61; Zup. 70, 2 : geminus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, l : 44, 21: 41, 58. I. as a multiplicative, twice as much, of twice the amount :-- Gyt synd manega getel on mislīcum getācnungum . . . duplex twyfeald, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 287, 2. Ic ādreáh mycel broc mid Petre; nū is mīn yfel twyfeald, nū Paulus dæt ilce lǣreþ, Blickl. Homl. 175, 13. Twifealdum gāste (Helisaeus Helia) duplo (dilatuj) spiritu, Hpt. Gl 440, 47. Twi-fealdre gife bino munere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 26: Blickl. Homl. 101, 23. Be twyfealdum ic forgylde duplum, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 286, 17 : L. Alf. 25 ; Th. i. 50, 23 : Homl. Th. ii. 562, l. Hē him sylþ twifealdne mete (cibos duplices), Ex. 16, 29. 'Nymaþ twā swā micel fecs swā gē ǣer hæfdon'. . . Ðā nāmon hig twigfeald feoh 'pecuniam duplicem ferte'. . . Tulerunt ergo pecuniam duplicem, Gen. 43, 12-15. II. consisting of two items :-- Twyfealdre heolra bilance, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, i. Næbbe gē mid eów twyfeald hrægl (næbbe gē twā tunecan, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 10), Blickl. Homl. 233, 18. II a. consisting of two parts, containing two elements :-- Ðæt twiefalde (twyfealde, Cott. MSS.) gesuinc. . . dæt is dæt hié ondrǣdaþ dæt hī mon tǣlan wille . . . ; ōder is dara gesuinca dæt hī sēceaþ endeleáse lādunga. Past. 35; Swt. 239, 4-8. Twufald intinge duplex causa. Mt. Kmbl. p. I. 10. IIb. that belongs to one or other of two kinds :-- Ege is twyfeald, and deówdōm is twyfeald. Ān ege is būtan lufe, ōder is mid lufe. . . Swā is eác ōder deówt neádunge būton lufe, ōder is sylfwilles mid lufe, Homl. Th. ii. 524, 3-6. Wē tweofealdne deáþ drowiaþ, oþþe sticode beóþ, oþþe on sǣ ādruncene oriuntur duo genera funerum, aut jugulamur, aut mergimur. Bd. l, 13; 8. 482, l. III. doubtful, irresolute: II :-- Hē da yfelan and da twyfealdan geþōhtas forlēt (cf. hē hine hider and þyder gelōmlīce on his mōde cyrde, 28, 8; hē dām tweógendum geþōhtum widstōd, 18), and hine SUNCERTAIN Bartholomeus frēfrode, and hine hēt dæt hē ne tweóde, ac dæt hē wǣre ānrǣd, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 30, 3-7. IV. double (as in double dealing), not straightforward, deceitful, v. twifealdness, III :-- Dōmes dæg ārāfaþ dæt cliwen dære twifaldan (twy-fealdan, Cott. MSS.) heortan corda duplicitatibus involuta dissolvit, Past. 35 ; Swt. 245, 22. Se de mid twyfealdum gedance tō mynsterlīcre drohtnunge gecyrþ, and sumne dǣl his ǣhta dǣlþ, sumne him sylfum gehylt, . . . hē underfēhþ done āwyrgedan cwyde mid Annanian and Saphiran, de swicedon on heora āgenum ǣhtum, Homl. Th. i. 398, 28-33 : ii. 410, 32. Ðæt is syndrig yfel twiefealdra (twy-, Cott. MSS.) monna est speciale duplicium malum, Past. 35 ; Swt. 243, 24. Unclǣnu and twiefeald mōd impura corda, Swt. 245, 12. V. double (as in bent double), placed together :-- Ǣlc wāg biþ gebiéged twiefeald on dæm heale duplex semper est in angulis paries, Past. 35; Swt. 245, 13. Ðæt yfelwillende mōd gefielt hit self twyfeald oninnan him selfum, and sió twyfealdnes dæs yflan willan hiene selfne twyfealdne gefielt ouinnan him selfum malitiosae mentis duplicitas sese infra se colligit, 242, 6-9. [O. Frs. twi-fald : O. L. Ger. twi-veld, -fold: O. H. Ger. zwi-falt: Icel. tvī-faldr.] v. un-twifeald. twi-feald

Related words: twifealdness,