Twi-fyrd

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - twi-fyrd

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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Twi-fyrd
Twyford, a place-name occurring more than once in England and meaning double ford :-- On ðære stówe ðe is cweden Æt Twyfyrde in loco qui dicitur Ad Twifyrde, quod significat, ad duplex vadum, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 5. Æt Twyfyrde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 114, 33. Tó Twyfyrde, iii. 203, 22. Of Twufyrde . . . æft on Twyfyrde, The form Twyford also occurs :-- Of Twyforde andlang Auene ðære eá swá ðæt mynstre stondeþ ofer Alne streám, vi. 220, 5. Cf. Circum fluuium Alne in loco qui dicitur Aet Tuiford, i. 29, 6. In loco qui Tuiforda appellatur, 74, 31. twi-fyrd

Related words: 147, 28-148, 22. On Twyfyrd; of Twyfyrde, iii. 444, 7. ¶ In Latin charters :-- His nuncupantur uocabulis, Twyfyrde . . . , 153, 24. Apud Twyfird, v. 130, 31.

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