adv. Obs. Forms: 1 twiʓea, twiʓa (tuiʓa, -ʓo), twia, 1–2 twiʓe, 3 tuye, tweiȝe, tueie, twi, 3–5 twie, 4 twiȝe, twyȝe, tueye, tuey, twy, 4–5 tweye, 5 twey, twye. β. 2 twiȝen, 3 twien, tweien. [OE. twiʓa, etc. (also twiwa, tuwa, etc.) = OFris. twîa, tuiia, OS. tuuio (MLG. twie, twige), adv. f. stem twi-, TWI-: cf. the etym. note to THRIE, THRYE adv.] = TWICE.
a. 900. trans. Bæda’s Eccl. Hist., IV. iv. 278 (Tanner MS.). Þætte twiʓea on ʓere seonoð ʓesomnode.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Lk. xviii. 12. Ic fæsto tuiʓo [Rushw. twiʓe] in wico.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 320. Eac, ys … sæd, þæt heo on ʓeare twiʓea blowe.
c. 1050. Byrhtferth’s Handboc, in Anglia (1885), VIII. 303. Twia scofon beoð feowertyne.
c. 1160. Hatton Gosp., Mk. xiv. 72. Ær se coc creowe twiʓe.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 34. And so al þene psalm vt, mid Gloria Patri,… twie.
c. 1275. Lay., 8325. Twi þou hauest beon ouer-come.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 4556. King arþure was anguisous … Þat þe luþer traytour adde ofscaped so tuye [v.rr. twyȝe, tweye]. Ibid., 6646. Is [= his] stepmoder … þat quene adde ybe tueie [v.r. twyȝe].
a. 1325. Adam & Eve, 272, in Horstm., Altengl. Leg. (1878), 142. Now he haþ ygiled þe tvie.
c. 1375. Cursor M., 13627 (Fairf.). Quy quarto sulde tel ȝou mare Twy or thry I talde ȝou are.
a. 1450. Myrc, Par. Pr., 119. Folowe thow not þe chylde twye.
β. c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 37. Mon scal beon twiȝen awesscen of his sunne.
c. 1205. Lay., 8325. Twien [c. 1275 Twi] þu hafuest ibeon ouer-cummen.
