v. Obs. [OE. twéonian (with variant twýnian), f. twéon doubt, a derivative from the same root as TWO.] intr. To be doubtful, to doubt; to debate.

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xvi. 102. ʓif hie ðonne ʓit ðær tweonað, gongen ðonne to ðæm halʓum ʓewritum.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxviii. 17. Witodlice sume hiʓ tweonedon.

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c. 1160.  Hatton Gosp., Mark xi. 23. Swa hwilc swa … on his heorte ne tweoneð.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 109. Ȝunge monnan mei tweonian hweðer hi moten alibban.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 907. Þa wile þe heo tweoneden þus Clepede Membricius. Ibid., 25741. Þæ cnihtes þa tweoneden To whaþere heo faren mihten.

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