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twisled

  • adjective
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twisled, adj. (ptcpl.)
Forked
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  • On ðone twisledan beám; of ðam twisledan beáme on ceorla geat; andlang mearce on ða twysledan ác,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 14, 1-4.
  • Twisld corn scandula (scandella

    genus annonae apud Italos, q. alii dicunt hordeum distichum esse, alii vero hordeum cantherinum,

    Migne),
      Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 45.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. kvísla-tré a forked tree; tví-kvíslaðr two-pronged.]
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