Obs. rare. [Perh. intended as a fig. use of prec., but prob. originating in some misunderstanding of earlier glosses. The strong pa. pple. twungen is app. less original than the weak form twinged.] trans. To oppress, afflict, persecute. Hence Twinging vbl. sb.2
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter xvi. 10 [xvii. 9]. Hile me … Fra face ofe wicked þat twinged me swa. Ibid., xvii. 21 [xviii. 18]. Þai forcome me in daie of twinginge. Ibid., xxxvii[i]. 8. I am twinged, and meked for vnquerte [MS. H. I am meked and twungen smert]. Ibid., xli. 13 [xlii. 9]. Wharfore murned in I go, Whil þat twinges me þe fo?
