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þweál

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
þweál, es; n. m.
Wright's OE grammar
§329;
washing
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  • Ðhuehl, thuachl

    delumentum,

    • Txts. 55, 641.
  • Þweál,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 20: ii. 25, 18:

    delumentum, i.

    lavatio,

    • 138, 52:

    lustramentum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 483, 20.
  • Ðeáh swín áðwægen sié, gif hit eft filþ on ðæt sol, ðonne biþ hit fúlre ðonne hit ǽr wæs, and ne forstent ðæt ðweál náuht,

    • Past. 54
    • ;
    • Swt. 421, 3.
  • Hwæt forstent him ðæt ǽrre ðweál (

    lavatio

    ),
    • 21.
  • Ðæt wæter his bána ðweáles

    aqua lavacri,

    • Bd. 3, 11
    • ;
    • S. 536, 6.
  • Clǽnsunge ðweáles and bæþes

    lavacri purificationem,

    • 1, 27
    • ;
    • S. 495, 16.
  • Be weres þweále

    de viri lotione,

    • L.Ecg. C. xxvi. tit.
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 130, 10.
  • Æfter fóta ðweále

    post pedum lavationem,

    • Anglia xiii. 392, 392: R. Ben. 83, 23.
  • For ðæs reáfes þweále,

    • 91, 4.
  • Swýn ðe cyrþ tó meoxe æfter his ðweále,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 380, 11.
  • Se Hǽlend hí áþwóh mid þweále,

    • 242, 29: Blickl. Homl. 147, 22.
  • Mid þweále ðæs hálgan fulluhtes,

    • Lchdm. iii. 434, 2.
  • Eádig ðú eart ðe onfénge ðone þweál mínre gife,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 111.
  • Þweálu clǽnes wǽles

    lavacra puri gurgitis,

    • Hymn. Surt. 52, 13.
  • Þweála (þweálu, MS. A.) calica

    baptismata calicum,

    • Mk. Skt. 7, 8.
    [Forhabbe hé hyne wyð ǽlc þweald, Lchdm. iii. 134, 25.]
what is used in washing, ointment.
(Cf.
Icel. þvál a kind of soap, þvæla to wash with soap
:
Swed. twål hard soap.
)
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v. þweán, II
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  • Pund ðuahles

    librum ungenti,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3.
Etymology
[
Goth. þwahl; n. lavacrum
:
O. H. Ger. dwahal.
]
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v. fót-, hand-, heáfod-þweál.
Linked entries
v.  þweán.
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