v. Obs. rare. (Meaning uncertain.)
A ME. survival of OE. twíʓan, northern var. of twéoʓan, twéon, to doubt, hesitate, would suit the first passage, but not the second, unless a negative has been omitted. The sense of ‘turn’ would be appropriate in both passages.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 6360. The xij vnthwyuond, þat twyet not in fight Was … mightfull Henex. Ibid., 6378. With xxij vnthwyuond twyet to filde Dyomede, the derfe kyng.
