Obs. Forms: 1 twislian, 3 twiselen, 4 twesel, 5 twysle. [f. prec.; cf. MHG. zwiselen and ON. kvísla.] intr. To separate into two or more branches; to fork; to bifurcate. Hence † Twisled ppl. a., † Twisling vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
931. [see TWISEL sb.].
967. Charter of Eadgar, in Kemble, Cod. Dipl., III. 14. On ðone twisledan beam.
a. 1000. Sax. Leechd., III. 436. Æfter his forðsiþe Eadgar … þæs rices twislunge eft to annesse brohte.
c. 1000. in Wr.-Wülcker, 148/25. Scandula, twisld corn.
1042. Charter of Hardacnut, in Kemble, Cod. Dipl., IV. 66. Ðær ða weʓes twisliʓað.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 117. Ðo openede þe holi gost him seluen to isende bi þan þe hem þuhte shapen alse tunge fele twiselende and on fires hewe.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., V. xxvi. (Bodl. MS.). Þe tweseled [ed. 1495 twyslyd] forkes ben nedeful.
