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▪ I. † a-ˈtwin, advb. phr.1 Obs.
Forms: 4 o twynne, o tuyn, o tuynne, a twyne, a twyny, atwinn(e, 4–5 atwynne, atwin, 4–6 atwyn.
[f. a prep.1+ twin, a. ON. tvinn ‘two and two, in pairs, two different things’; also tvinni (indecl.) two. ? Or from twin v. to separate: cf. atwin v.]
1. Away from each other, asunder, apart.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 9177 Þe same oure atwynne þe wonede. 1330― Chron. 101 Neuer þei were o twynne, vntille ded þam slouh. 1382Wyclif Acts xv. 39 Forsoth dissencioun is maad, so that thei departiden a twyny [v.r. a twynne. 1388 a twynny.] c1449Pecock Repr. i. vii. 32 Grammer and dyuynyte ben ij. facultees atwin and asundir departid. c1500King & Barker 127 in Hazl. E.P.P. (1864) 10 Owr kyng and the barker partyd feyr a twyn.
2. In two, in twain.
c1460Lybeaus Disc. 1962 And karf..hys hedde atwynne.
▪ II. a-twin, advb. phr.2 rare—1.|əˈtwɪn|
[f. twin after akin.]
In the relation of twin with.
1879M. Conway Demonol. I. iii. xi. 418 The monster sent by one..is ethically atwin with the snake created by the other. |
