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twǽming

  • noun [ feminine ]
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twǽming, e; f.
division, separation, severing the connection between objects
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  • Nis seó godcundnys gemenged tó ðære menniscnysse, ne ðǽr nán twǽming nys . . . Hé (

    Christ

    ) þurhwunaþ on ánum háde untótwǽmed,
      Homl. Th. i. 40, 24-30.
  • Ðǽr (

    at the last day

    ) biþ seó twǽming rihtwísra manna and árleásra,
      616, 28.
  • Twǽming (

    separation of man and wife

    ) is álýfed ðám ðe lufiaþ swíðor ða heálícan clǽnnysse ðonne ða hohfullan gálnysse, ii.
      324, 3.
  • Bið ús sélre ðæt wé his flǽsc*-*lícan lufe fram ús áceorfon, and mid twǽminge (

    by separation from him

    ) áwurpon, i.
      516, 11.
  • Úre Drihten forbeád ða yfelan twǽmincge betwux twám ǽwum, ii. 322, 32.
separation, distinction
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  • Hé cwæð 'ðæs lifigendan Godes' for twǽminge ðæra leásra goda

    he said 'the living God' to distinguish him from the false gods,

      Homl. Th. i. 366, 19.
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  • twǽming, n.