Twist
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - twist
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- twist
- a branch, fork (?) [The faucon moste fallen fro the twiste, Chauc. Squieres Tale, 442. A twyste frons, ramus, Cath. Ang. 399, and see note. Twist the fourchure; a twig, Halliwell's Dict. Cf. Icel. kvistr a branch.]